They Crawl In There While You Sleep: Ear Spiders

Years of scoffing at urban legends has left me with egg on my face, as a medically verified tale of terror unfurls in Oregon: 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 […]

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Years of scoffing at urban legends has left me with egg on my face, as a medically verified tale of terror unfurls in Oregon:

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.

Whenhe irrigated the ear, the first spider came out, dead. The other spidertook a second dousing before it emerged, still alive. Both were aboutthe size of a pencil eraser.

But I have something new to scoff at, as the video that accompanies the CNN article states that the spiders were "probably feeding on earwax". Absolutely preposterous.

Doctors Find Spiders in Ear of Boy With Earache [CNN]