007hunter Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Doctor finds spiders in boy's ear ALBANY, Ore. - These guys weren't exactly Snap, Crackle and Pop. What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy's ear — "like Rice Krispies" — ended up as an earache, and the doctor's diagnosis was that a pair of spiders made a home in the ear. "They were walking on my eardrums," Jesse Courtney said. One of the spiders was still alive after the doctor flushed the fourth-grader's left ear canal. His mother, Diane Courtney, said her son insisted he kept hearing a faint popping in his ear — "like Rice Krispies." Dr. David Irvine said it looked like the boy had something in his ear when he examined him. When he irrigated the ear, the first spider came out, dead. The other spider took a second dousing before it emerged, still alive. Both were about the size of a pencil eraser. Jesse was given the spiders — now both dead — as a souvenir. He has taken them to school and his mother has taken them to work. "It was real interesting, 'cause, two spiders in my ear — what next?" Jesse said. :eek::eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Saw this story on the news the other day. Thought it was kind of funny the kid kept the spiders in a jar to take to school for show and tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Wonder what kind they were! Hope they didn't lay eggs. That's freaky. Mom and Dad need to hire the Orkin man QUICK!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowin_in_illinois Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 I'm sleeping with ear muffs on from now on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 That reminds me of a Twilight Zone flic called "The Caterpillar" , where an earwig burrows into a mans ear, and eventually lays eggs, they hatch, and eats his brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Thats crazy/scary. Glad he is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 all's well that ends well. glad they got them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 LMBO! Not just your ears! You all dont want to know how many you eat in one year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUGARKAHNE Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Eeeeww! How disgusting! :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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