It's always a risk asking for opinions online and this mom's questioning certainly caused quite the fright.
The internet is a great source of information and who doesn't love taking to a social media group for some advice?
Alas, don't ask questions if you're not prepared for the suggestions, which may result. Indeed, one mom who took to Facebook to question what she'd found at the foot of her seven-year-old's bed probably wished she hadn't.
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Speaking in the Family Lowdown Tips & Ideas Facebook group, the mom shared several images alongside the caption: "Does anybody have any idea what this could be? It's at the end of my son's bed on the floor."
The pictures show tiny dark objects that look like small eggs sprawled across the floor near her seven-year-old son's bed.
“Not anywhere else in his room, not in his ottoman bed base or under his bed. Just at the end in one spot (I've spread it out a bit to look). Any ideas, please?"
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As can be expected, users began suggesting the most horrifying possibilities imaginable.
“OMG, my skin is crawling – I hope this is cereal as I’m about to freak the freak out,” one Facebook user commented on the post.
"Nope ... new fear unlocked,” another user wrote.
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Another user offered up the most uncomfortable possibility. They said: “Definitely tarantula black widow scorpion eggs. Extremely bitey, and they bide their time before they attack.”
Thankfully the mother explained the nature of what she had found in an update.
She noted that the debris had originated from a microwavable heat pack that had burst unexpectedly.
She said that she had vacuumed the area a few days prior and there were no signs of the objects and upon returning to vacuum again, they had appeared.
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She concluded the objects were from a heat teddy that had burst and popped at the end of her son’s bed.
“I hoovered it a couple of days ago, and it wasn’t there. I went back to hoover again, and it was,” she explained.
“I have now found out it’s from a heat teddy that’s popped at the end of his bed.”
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Well, thankfully, we can all rest easy not having to worry about sneaky creepy crawlies covertly laying their eggs in our bedrooms tonight.
Topics: Parenting, Health, Facebook, Social Media
Gerrard Kaonga