Well, I've Never Heard Such A strange Story

[lizbud]

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.

[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

[Scooter's Mom]

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!

[Pam]

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! Sparks19 I need to be getting some earplugs too!

[Lady's Human]

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

[Chilli]

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!

[lizbud]

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

Would you care for a little Rice Krispies about now?


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

[Puckstop31]

Would you care for a little Rice Krispies about now?


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

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

[lizbud]

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

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

[Miss Z]

Weird!

[crow_noir]

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