A London barrister was told he could have died after his leg "burst open" during a flight after he was bitten by a tropical spider.
Jonathan Hogg, 40, was six hours into a flight from Doha to Cape Town in June when he felt a pain on his leg and saw a spider scuttling away across the cabin floor.
He told the Press Association: "I was struggling to get comfortable during the journey and crossed my legs to get into a better position when I felt a small, sharp pain radiating in my left leg.
"I turned on the light and clearly saw a spider running across the floor before hearing two stewardesses screaming 'Spider', but I wasn't sure if I had been bitten as it really wasn't very painful."
However, later on, "The pain was like nothing I've been through in my life," he said.
"By the time I got to hospital my leg was bursting open, there was pus, it was black.
"It was a right mess. They told me if I had been any later I would have lost my leg or even died. It was terrifying."
This is what his leg looked like after the flight, and it really isn't something you should look at if you are sensitive to this sort of thing.
Doctors said it was a bite from a brown recluse spider, an animal whose bite can potentially be fatal.
Hogg had taken five months off work to travel and had just been working at an orangutan sanctuary in Borneo and was preparing to go diving with sharks in South Africa.
But he then spent a month in hospital in South Africa, where he underwent three operations and a skin graft, and is still receiving treatment. Doctors cut away a portion of his shin and successfully saved his leg.
Hogg fears he may never play football or take part in kickboxing again.
Hogg plans to sue the airline, Qatar Airways, over the incident, because it has yet to assume responsibility, he claims.
Hogg told PA: "They have made no attempt to resolve the issue and have basically said it was nothing to do with them.
"All this has left me very traumatised but determined to seek justice. No one should have to go through what I have and if the airline has made a mistake it should take responsibility."
A Qatar Airways spokesperson told BuzzFeed News: "The only known interaction between the airline and Mr Hogg regarding this incident, which he claims happened on a Qatar Airways aircraft in June, was via our website a week after his travel was complete. No report was filed with any staff on board regarding this incident.
"We have also not been advised of any legal proceedings regarding this incident. In the circumstances we cannot comment further but will, of course, investigate any further information which is brought to our attention formally.
"Qatar Airways takes the safety and security of our customers very seriously."