Last night, I woke up to what I was convinced was an earthquake. I heard a rumbling noise that felt like it was shaking my brains. I sat up, quickly. The rumbling stopped. Still groggy, I put my head back on the pillow, and as soon as I did, the noise resumed. But this time, I was very aware of the direction of the sound. It was coming from the left. No, scratch that… it was coming from inside my left ear. There was a bug walking on my damn eardrum. I ran into the bathroom, panicked (and still not all the way awake.) Not finding any rubbing alcohol, I poured the next best thing, mouthwash, into my hear. Whatever it was… that made it mad. I think it bit me. After a few seconds of struggling, it drowned.
I woke in the morning, not quite sure if I had dreamt the whole thing. The minty-fresh scent of my ear quickly verified the episode. I’m honestly not sure if the bug was flushed out when I drained the mouthwash or not. Maybe it’s still in there.
Elliott Back says
You think maybe it was just an itch?
Ian says
LOL, thats a bit funny mark….sorry that had to happen to ya, but thanks for sharing it w/ us!
Charles says
Did it raise, or lower your IQ?
noderat says
My god…thats hillarious!
Jamin says
Sure it was a bug? Makes for a funny story, but I regularly hear sounds when falling asleep. They often sound like bangs or crackling.
And man, pouring mouthwash in your ear.. I’d never have thought of that. 🙂
Mark says
I’m sure. I could not only hear each footstep… I could feel it.
And the mouthwash came about because at first I was looking for rubbing alcohol, which I know is sometimes used in hospitals in such situations (my father did his residency at Boston Hospital and when it got cold, cockroaches would enter the ears of sleeping people for warmth.) So not finding any, I knew that mouthwash had alcohol, so I used that.
stefan says
I always have this fear of a spider dropping down from the celing and into my wide open mouth as I sleep in snoreful bliss.
That was hilarious but in seriousness hopefully it was flushed… you wouldn’t want that thing stuck down in there.
Ian says
Seriously Mark…next time you’re in for a routine checkup or something you may wanna have them peek in there w/ their lil flashlight to make sure it came out alright…no telling what kinda problems that could cause.
Mark says
I’m going in to do some computer work at my father’s office tomorrow so I’ll have him take a peek.