Woman Goes Viral Sharing Her Story Of Finding A Large Jumping Spider In Her Ear – Now She Wears Earplugs To Sleep

by Casey RiveraNovember 16, 2023, 5:13 pmDaily Digest, News, News Feed >

Desirae Kelly‘s viral TikTok video detailed her “traumatic” experience with a spider in her ear.

The 29-year-old woke up around 4:45 a.m. on October 18 to an “uneasy feeling” in her ear.

She dismissed the feeling and thought it was just the tassels on her comforter until she felt something move. When the fluttering began, she couldn’t ignore it anymore.

Despite the discomfort, Kelly decided to wait until 8 a.m. for the ER to open.

She was afraid of hurting herself even more if she tried the home remedies.

Once she arrived, the medical professionals reassured her she did the right thing.

She began to worry that her visit to the ER was for something as minor as ear wax, but then she felt a sharp pain.

“I started to cry in the waiting room,” she confessed, describing her intense discomfort. When the nurse looked inside her ear, she confirmed Kelly’s fear.

There was a bug curled up inside her ear.

As soon as she received the news, she began to cry.

The nurse tried to calm her down and reassured her that it was a simple flushing procedure and that they do it all the time.

Kelly nodded along, thankful to the nurse, but she was not afraid about the painful procedure – she was afraid of what they would find inside her ear.

During an ear-flushing procedure, a large, live-jumping spider landed on her sweater. Shocked and horrified, Kelly’s first instinct was to flee, leaving the office panicked.

As she ran, she clutched her chest and tried to breathe. She couldn’t talk – all she could say was, “Spider.”

Then she threw up as she watched the nurses put the spider in a container.

It hadn’t registered to Kelly that she had a panic attack until after the fact, so in the moment, she felt mainly embarrassed.

“Every night since that night, I have had earplugs in my ears,” she says in her TikTok, “I don’t think I could ever sleep without earplugs again.”