Doctor finds spiders in ear of boy with earache

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 seen several cases like that, it's just disquieting. Now I won't sleep tonight.

hey in your average lifespam you're suppose to have eaten 8 spiders

Wow, those spiders were pretty big, and two of them in there at once o.O

Freaky. I can't stand the thought of spiders in my ears. I would feel very uncomfortable.

Trekkie, so far I have 0 out of 8 I think. I can't recall eating one yet.

every wonder why your stomach growls? it's cuz the spider eggs are hatching

Yah, spiders in your ear is pretty nasty I hate earwax the way it is.

As for the eating spider thing, yah I've heard that too