Oregon Boy Had Spiders Walking on his Eardrums

Both of the spiders were described as being about the size of a pencil eraser.

Spider morphology Courtesy: infovisual.info

(ALBANY, Ore.) - An Albany boy who has been complaining about the "sound of Rice Krispies" in his ears has two new souvenirs; spiders that Oregon doctors removed by flushing the boy's ears.

Jesse Courtney has been pestering his mother by complaining about the noise and constant earache.

The sounds remained a mystery until the doctors removed the spiders, one of which was still alive.

Jesse Courtney told the Albany Democrat Herald, 'They were walking on my eardrums.'

His mother, Diane, added: 'He kept telling me he could hear a faint popping in his ear, like Rice Krispies.'

When Jesse was examined, a doctor named David Irvine could not immediately find the problem. But the ear irrigation in Jesse's left ear yielded the first spider, which came out dead.

The paper reports that the other spider took a second dousing before it came out, still alive.

Both of the spiders were described as being about the size of a pencil eraser.

Dr Irvine said told reporters that it was the only time he ever pulled an invertebrate out of a person's ear.