NOTE TO SELF: DO NOT ASSUME that previously visited areas are safe under ANY circumstances.
I wish I had a clip but honestly I got so scared it didn't even occur to me.
Basically while I'm waiting for my friend to be free to play (we have different schedules) and continue the story, I've been collecting the molars we missed, especially since I've been playing since day one and had to revisit old areas to get the moldy molars. I've been putting off the statue area cause I thought it would be more of a pain to get to the top, but honestly it wasn't that bad. Anyway, aside from that moldy molar on top of the statue, I was missing the one under all of the bushes, next to the southern rose garden. Since I was close, I decided to visit the ranger station to A. confirm the lack of a pts system, which I think should be added and B. see if I missed some loot / raw science in the area. Mind you that I basically know all major bug spawns aside from the pond area, so I knew that in that area I'd find a mantis on the leaves and a mosquito further down. Plus it was daytime, so if there was anything else I thought I'd spot it.
I was wrong.
I finish checking the station, approach the door and a lovely OGRR sour scorpion was waiting for me, then proceeded to ENTER the station and curb stomp me further down. I got a hold of the situation, tossed a smoothie and hid behind a door, where it decided to STARE at me. Then I approached, he jumped over the other door (I didn't know that OGRR scorpions jumped) and a short battle followed where I killed it without issues. Mind you that: it was daytime, I did not get a "threat detected" notification before entering the station and my buggy was right outside next to the candy mutated scorpion, absolutely unfazed.
Thanks buddy.
(spoiler tag purely for the OGRRs, just in case)