Urban Myth - No More!

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:15 pm

"Rice Krispies" noise in boy's ear turns out to be nesting spiders wrote:ALBANY, Oregon (AP) - These guys were not 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.

I wonder if they came from a pack of gum?

Koralth · Post by **Koralth** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:26 pm

That's just creepy right there... But he was completely unharmed, right? No harm, no foul, I suppose, but spiders in the ear is still creepy.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:49 am

Especially when you have seen spiders as big as I have.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Mon May 07, 2007 1:54 am

Thanks Ron. I'm gonna sleep real well tonight.

*Stuffs earplugs in his ears*

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Mon May 07, 2007 1:57 am

You had to say that didn't you Ron.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon May 07, 2007 1:58 am

I can't help it if he's paranoid - and practical.

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:02 am

Hmm maybe I should tell him about some Spiders I have seen. Really give him something to worry about.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:04 am

I'm more worried about the really tiny ones and the really really big cow-sized ones that Bear Shaman fought.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:05 am

Just make sure the ear plugs don't let stuff sneak up on you.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:12 am

Grrrr.... And I'm not even at my workshop where I could build some special earplugs.

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:14 am

Uh Bear Shaman fought humanoid Spiders, I am the one who dealt with oversized Spiders, not quite cow size but big enough to be a problem.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:16 am

Same difference. Big fucking spiders.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:17 am

Makes one almost sympathetic to flies.

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:17 am

True enough, bad news either way.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:18 am

If you take a BFG to a BFS do you end up with BPG?

Koralth · Post by **Koralth** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:19 am

humanoid spiders? Cow spiders? Ear spiders? That's... it's... you've... I need to find one normal spider in my house, just to squish it, and assert my authority over it now.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:19 am

Good luck with that man.

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:21 am

Well I see somebody has got some of their humor back.

And the answer to the question is yes.
Go squish that spider Zack. :twisted:

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:21 pm

Normal spiders fill a urpose - so I try to avoid squishing them . . . except when Khavik sent 'em by the thousandsalong with his other bugs and rats and hounds.

Koralth · Post by **Koralth** » Mon May 07, 2007 3:55 pm

I do like spiders, too. I usually keep a few around, so I don't have mossie's hanging around. I don't go out and squish them intentionally, 'twas a joke, Ron...

Hannah · Post by **Hannah** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:11 pm

Hi Everyone,

I remember when one of my cousins put a spider down the back of my dress. I punched him so hard his nose bled.

Hannah

PS: I made sure the spider was okay.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:13 pm

Good for you kiddo!

Hannah · Post by **Hannah** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:15 pm

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:16 pm

Sure you don't want to be a professional fighter? :lol:

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:22 pm

Let's give her a chance to see a normal life before she starts making any decisions like that.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:23 pm

True enough.

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:14 pm

Whoa, lets not talk about squishing spiders here, kay.

And I've said it once and i'll say it agian, people like us, who have had our eye's opened to the supernatural can not live normal lives. We can have the illusion of normalcy, but never the real thing.

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:19 pm

I think most of us gave up on normal a long time ago. A few newbies try to cling to it but they will find out to soon it is a path to trouble.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:05 am

She deserves the chance.

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:17 am

I was talking about Zack and Logos mostly, as they have kinda stepped into the deep end as it were. I hope Hannah has as normal a life as possible, but I fear sometimes that may not be possible. But I prey I am wrong.