Boy's Earache Caused By Pair Of Spiders Nesting In Ear

Life imitates urban legend.

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Jesse Courtney said it felt like the tiny spiders were "walking on my eardrums."

His mother, Diane Courtney, said her son insisted he kept hearing a faint popping in his ear -- "like Rice Krispies" -- before the earache sent them to the doctor.

The doctor flushed Jesse's left ear, and 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's already taken them to school to show his classmates.

Apparently Jesse lives on a different planet than the one I grew up on. On planet earth, showing your classmates the spiders that had built a nest in your ear would be worse than them hostaing eggs in your brain.

Video at the link.

Thanks to the mysterious dri.

posted by Ace at 11:53 AM

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