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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

A woman kept hearing unexplained clicking and rustling sounds. Doctors found a spider in her ear

NEJM

A woman in Taiwan spent four days listening to endless sounds of rustling and clicking in her ear. When she finally went to a doctor, they made a shocking discovery.

When doctors at the ear, nose and throat clinic examined the 64-year-old, they discovered a small spider crawling around her left ear canal. They also found its discarded exoskeleton.

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