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Posted: 17 years ago
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Dear All,
Please read this and advise your friends and family! You may save others' lives!

Incident One:
A little boy died because surgeons found ants in his brain! Apparently this boy fell asleep with some sweets in his mouth or with some sweet stuff beside him.

Ants soon got to him and some ants in fact crawled into his ear which somehow managed to go to his brain. When he woke up, he did not realize that ants had gone to his head.

After that, he constantly complained about itchiness around his face. His mother brought him to a doctor, but the doctor could not figure out what was wrong with him. He took an X-ray of the boy and to his horror; he found a group of live ants in his skull. Since the ants were still alive, the doctor could not operate on him because the ants were constantly moving around. The boy finally died. So please be careful when leaving food stuff near your bed or when eating in bed. This might attract ants. Most importantly,

NEVER you or your child eat sweets before going to bed. You or your child might attract ants while you are asleep.

Incident Two: Another similar incident happened in a hospital in Taiwan . This man was warded in the hospital and was constantly warned by the nurses not to leave food stuff by his bedside because there were ants about. He did not heed their advice. Ants finally got to him. His family members said that the man constantly complained about headaches. He died and a postmortem or autopsy was done on him. Doctors found a group of live ants in his head. Apparently, the ants had been eating bits of his brain. So friends, better be safe than sorry. Never leave food stuff beside your bed you when you go to sleep.

Please forward this to your friends and relatives.

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Posted: 17 years ago
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its sad!
is it really true?
66567 thumbnail
Posted: 17 years ago
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These are urban legends.. However, one should always be aware of their sorroundings and use proper precautions to avoid anything like this.
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: Meena1

These are urban legends.. However, one should always be aware of their sorroundings and use proper precautions to avoid anything like this.

Summary of eRumor
Two stories are told in this email.

One is of a boy who died because of ants in his brain. He fell asleep with sweets either in his mouth or nearby and the ants that were attracted got into his brain through the ears. After complaining of discomfort, the boy was taken to the doctor who discovered through an x-ray that there were ants living in the boy's brain. The doctor could not do surgery because the ants were moving around, so the boy died.

The other story is about a patient in a hospital in Taiwan who didn't listen when nurses warned him not to eat sweets in bed. He later died and an autopsy found live ants in his brain.
The Truth
These stories are both fiction, classic urban legends. There are no documented cases of ants entering the brain and living there..
https://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/antbrains.htm
iiHEARTyu-x0 thumbnail
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Posted: 17 years ago
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🤢🤢🤢 OMG ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew
im like shivering right now
and im gunna be scared to go to sleep
66567 thumbnail
Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: cutiex0

🤢🤢🤢 OMG ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew

im like shivering right now
and im gunna be scared to go to sleep

Relax.. Its only an urban legend..😆 Ants cant survive in your brain.. thts ridicilous..
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: Meena1

Relax.. Its only an urban legend..😆 Ants cant survive in your brain.. thts ridicilous..


urban legend...phew i was getting so scared, iam usually grossed and scared of this stuff😛
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Posted: 17 years ago
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True or not true...it's still scary. Something like that kinda happened to the mum of my friend. But the ant didn't get far because she noticed it just a few seconds later.
I'm glad ants can't be in our house...hehe.

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