ALBANY, Ore. -- A
9-year-old boy who complained of an earache was a little surprised when
the doctor told him that a pair of spiders had tried to make a home out
of him. "They were walking on my eardrums," said Jesse Courtney. One of the spiders was still alive after the doctor flushed the fourth-grader's left ear canal.
His mother, Diane Courtney, said her son insisted he kept hearing a
faint popping in his ear -- "like Rice Krispies" -- before the earache
sent them to the doctor. Dr. David Irvine said it looked
like the boy had something in his ear when he examined him, but he
could not immediately identify it. So he irrigated the ear, and the
first spider came out, dead. The other spider took a
second dousing before it emerged, still alive. Both were about the size
of a pencil eraser. kgw.com 9-year-old Jesse Courtney kept the two spiders that doctors pulled out of his ear. Irvine said it was a first for him as a physician. More: Reporter Blog: Jane Smith "It was the only time I ever pulled out an invertebrate," he said.
Jesse was given the spiders -- now both dead -- as a souvenir. He has
taken them to school and his mother has taken them to work. "It was real interesting, 'cause, two spiders in my ear -- what next?" Jesse said. Doctor finds spiders in ear of boy with earache
03:01 PM PDT on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Arrest made in bizarre video incident
Photo of suspect provided by Vancouver police.
YouBy Thom Jensen and KATU Web Staff
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Police have arrested a man suspected of breaking into a home, stripping off his clothes, taking a video of himself and then leaving the camera behind.
The incident happened in late April after the man followed two teenage girls to a Vancouver home. He later broke into the house, recorded video of himself in a bathroom mirror and left the camera.
The Vancouver Police Department got numerous tips after the story aired Wednesday night. There was a lot of concern in the community because the crime occurred right across the street from the popular Lieser Crest Park.
The man under arrest is 24-year-old Jose Mendez-Barragan. It turnes out he had been picked up on a warrant within the past 24 hours and was already in jail. He faces one count of Indecent Exposure and one count of Unlawful Communication with a Minor for Immoral Purposes.
