Well, I've Never Heard Such A strange Story

Doctor Removes Spiders From Boy's Ears
Boy Had Complained Of Earache

POSTED: 8:42 am EDT May 6, 2007


ALBANY, Ore. -- A 9-year-old Oregon boy who complained of an earache was a little surprised when the doctor told him that a pair of spiders had tried to make a home out of him.

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.

Thanks for that...... lol now that I am thoroughly creeped out and have the heebie jeebies lol. I will now sleep with ear plugs in :eek:

When I was in high school, a friend of mine got a water beetle stuck in her ear. She felt something on her ear, and rubbed it... she was asleep so it was a natural reaction. But that caused the bug to go INTO her ear canal. Then it lodged onto her ear drum and she ended up having to have surgery to get the little thing to let go. She had a little bit of hearing loss, temporarily, because of that. Now I am paranoid about bugs near my ears!

Oh I feel sick!! GAG! How awful for that little boy. He is much more brave than I am. I would not be taking them to school or anywhere except the toilet for a good flush! Liz this is truly a most strange story! :eek: Sparks19 I need to be getting some earplugs too! :eek:

I'm with the boy in the story. I'd be bringing the spideys in for show and tell also!

Ugh. That reminds me of when my Dad got a moth stuck in his ear many many years ago. If I remember the story right, he had to go to some kind of specialist to get it out. I couldn't imagine how much of a headache that would cause!

I have heard of that. I watch those ER stories on TLC and a few years ago, a girl had come in because a roach had crawled in her ear while she was sleeping. It got really deep, too. The story was kind of humorous because the doctor that had to remove it was terrified of roaches. Well, he got it out but somehow it got on him. He stripped off his ER clothes and was running around because it got on him. I would have done the same thing. I can't stand bugs and roaches are the worst! And to think of that happening in your sleep creeps me out to no end. Makes me not want to sleep.

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Originally Posted by dukedogsmom

I have heard of that. I watch those ER stories on TLC and a few years ago, a girl had come in because a roach had crawled in her ear while she was sleeping. It got really deep, too. The story was kind of humorous because the doctor that had to remove it was terrified of roaches. Well, he got it out but somehow it got on him. He stripped off his ER clothes and was running around because it got on him. I would have done the same thing. I can't stand bugs and roaches are the worst! And to think of that happening in your sleep creeps me out to no end. Makes me not want to sleep.

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LOL I remember seeing that!

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Originally Posted by sparks19

Thanks for that...... lol now that I am thoroughly creeped out and have the heebie jeebies lol. I will now sleep with ear plugs in :eek:

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Would you care for a little Rice Krispies about now? :D


I am not surprised that the boy would take them to school to show them
his "catch". This would be considered ultra cool. :cool: hee hee.

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Originally Posted by lizbud

Would you care for a little Rice Krispies about now? :D


I am not surprised that the boy would take them to school to show them
his "catch". This would be considered ultra cool. :cool: hee hee.

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Heck yeah... On the "little boy coolness scale", showing off the spiders that made a nest in your ear is like a 15. :)

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Originally Posted by Puckstop31

Heck yeah... On the "little boy coolness scale", showing off the spiders that made a nest in your ear is like a 15. :)

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I grew up with four brothers, need I say more? :D :D

Weird! :eek:

Ewwww...I will never eat Rice Krispies again! Ewwww...
I never got a bug stuck in my ear, but a bug flew into my eye the other day when I was riding my bike. LOL :)

tonight i'm putting earplugs in...YUCK!!!!!!

Wow, it's true, huh? I remember all those "urban legends" our moms told us when we were young about girls with beehive hair-dos who got roaches in their ears & heads because they never washed their hair!

I had my ears "coned" once, it's an old Indian method for removing debris from one's ear canals. Cones (like a funnel) are made of strips of cloth & wax. One end is inserted into your ear, and the other end is lit, and it creates a draft that draws stuff up out of the ear canal. The woman who did it swears she often sees bugs come out of peoples' ears. Creepy.

Ahhhhh....whats a few bugs in one's orifices ??? We've all had those at some time in our life....lol
Wom

ewww I hope I would notice a spider on me. I keep my room so ultra organized that there's no where for spiders to hide (except the one wolf spider who got away). All of my baby hissing roaches got out one day and I managed to catch all 31 of them within a few hours.

I immediately got a tickle in my ear after reading that.

Heard that on the radio this morning.. laughed my head off.. Luckly Lilly is the size of my hand & cannot fit in my ear lol She could give me ear peircings though

Listen up....(pun intended)..

Having worked in the medical field for years I think two spiders is a little pedestrian.

The accidental stuff is weird, the purposely placed items are bizarre. :eek:

Anyone find it in snopes yet?

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Originally Posted by IRescue452

ewww I hope I would notice a spider on me. I keep my room so ultra organized that there's no where for spiders to hide (except the one wolf spider who got away). All of my baby hissing roaches got out one day and I managed to catch all 31 of them within a few hours.

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And that wolf spider is waiting.........waiting.............

Ugh I think I might pass out and die off if I really had a spider in my ear....not scared of snakes, rats, or most anything else, and I'm not truly scared of spiders....but i don't want them on me they are gross to me haha. While I marvel at how cool they are far far away from me, in their webs, catching insects, OUTSIDE, and nowhere near me, I freak out if one gets on me. I once had one drop down my shirt and I leaped up had my shirt off and flung across the room in about 2 seconds flat, while screaming the whole while. If it was IN my ear....ewwwwwww.

I saw the little boy on the news the other day (yesterday, I think), and he seemed so proud! :eek: I would have died and I'm not even afraid of spiders!

Unfortunately my baby wolfy died. I knew she was loose in my room though because I found one of her legs first. A few days later I found her running across the room with Autumn in hot pursuit. Nice try creeping me out though.

Anyone have any links to good pictures of them? I want to see what they look like.