Twenty-nine-year-old Lucy Wild, a content creator and part-time teacher from Cheshire, England, suffered from ear pain for weeks before consulting the doctor. For days she thought that it was just the ear wax but got alerted when the itchy sensation increased rapidly and could hear the crackling sounds.
She inspected her ear with the help of a smart bud – an electronic ear-cleaning device equipped with a camera. To her horror what she thought was normal wax turned out to be a spider residing comfortably in her ear canal.
Petrified, she immediately contacted the UK emergency number who guided her in drawing out the eight-legged insect with the help of warm olive oil. The process left her ear bleeding and hearing impaired.