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Maggots only eat dead flesh.

I remember a Star Trek episode where Chekov had creepy crawler coming out if his ear. EEEEWWWWWW.

I saw a news story about a person who had a "bump" on the side of their face. It turned out a spider had laid eggs and when the person went to the doctor, the doctor found the spiders inside the skin. EEEEWWWWWWW

Kinda makes me never want to go outside again.

Sev wrote:Maggots only eat dead flesh.

yes but these were maggot bug worms that eat brains. Theres a total difference

Shorts wrote:flyn, I remember a particular old movie where some dude placed a maggot worm looking bug thing in a guy's ear in order to...err, maybe it was eat his brain like the one you're talking about. The guy was screamin bloody murder as the bugworm slinked its way in. That movie freaked me out!

Was that Star Trek: The wrath of Khan?

Shorts wrote:

Sev wrote:Maggots only eat dead flesh.

yes but these were maggot bug worms that eat brains. Theres a total difference

but if he's brain dead then the maggots might inject a bit of 'zombieness' into things....{was that a twitch? I thought i saw it move, lets split up so we can search more area....}

blues2cruise wrote:I remember a Star Trek episode where Chekov had creepy crawler coming out if his ear. EEEEWWWWWW.

I saw a news story about a person who had a "bump" on the side of their face. It turned out a spider had laid eggs and when the person went to the doctor, the doctor found the spiders inside the skin. EEEEWWWWWWW

Kinda makes me never want to go outside again.

I think that is an urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/insects/spiderbite.asp

Knowing a lot of doctors, I hear all the horror stories. Such as my one friend who claims to have treated a man who he found many, many maggots living between his scalp, and the bone of his skull.

I know doctors are putting the maggots back in medicine, but thats just wrong in my book

Nibblet99 wrote:Knowing a lot of doctors, I hear all the horror stories. Such as my one friend who claims to have treated a man who he found many, many maggots living between his scalp, and the bone of his skull.

I know doctors are putting the maggots back in medicine, but thats just wrong in my book

That apparently isn't an urban legend...sure wish it was though....

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/maggots.asp

Nibblet99 wrote:

Shorts wrote:flyn, I remember a particular old movie where some dude placed a maggot worm looking bug thing in a guy's ear in order to...err, maybe it was eat his brain like the one you're talking about. The guy was screamin bloody murder as the bugworm slinked its way in. That movie freaked me out!

Was that Star Trek: The wrath of Khan?

Sounds like it

Nibblet99 wrote: I know doctors are putting the maggots back in medicine, but thats just wrong in my book

For a friend of mine, maggots were the difference between losing his leg or keeping it, after it was crushed in an airplane accident. He walks with a slight limp now, but the leg works fine.