Working in a hospital I know that people, especially kids but not exclusively kids, put things in strange places. The nose and ear are the areas where foreign objects are most often placed by children.
Strange things get in our ears and noses by no fault of our own as well. Medical literature is full of reports of insects crawling into or nesting in peoples ears. One recent case was newsworthy – In May an Albany Ore child had a spider the size of a pencil eraser in her ear. She had to go to the doctors office to have it removed.
The child, Jesse Courtney, was no worse for wear and thought the whole experience was kind of cool even bringing the then dead spider to school to show it off.
Apparently in 1993 there was a British machinist who had bad earaches. It was found that he had a pregnant spider living in his ear. He ended up keeping the spider as a pet once it was extricated from his ear.
That to me is a scary thought. it make me think about this book my older brother read when I was little. it talks about this girl that fell asleep in front of a tree. when she woke up everything was fine. but weeks later she started feeling itchy on her face. she could not stop scratching her face. one day she went crazy and ripped the a nice chunk of flesh off her face. it turns out she had ants in her face and a queen ant laid eggs in her face. This is just a story though. but it used to scare me as a kid. this just made me think of it!
Todd
I have ever listened to such news. I heard about different kind of insects which bit small children but never about insects being localized inside the ears. You amazed me.
A british machinist…..explains it all. It is well known the British hate showers and are allergic to soap.
Thanks, I wasn’t planning on sleeping tonight anyway.