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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Man's face infested by larvae
Aaron Dallas of Colorado visited doctors complaining of bleeding little bumps on his head. Turns out though that the bumps were bot fly larvae moving around under his skin. They took up residence in his head after being inserted by a mosquito that big him, most likely while he was visiting Belize. From Metro.co.uk:
'I'd put my hand back there and feel them moving. I thought it was blood coursing through my head,' said Dallas, of Carbondale.Link (via Fortean Times)
'I could hear them. I actually thought I was going crazy....'
The parasites, which were living in a pit 2- to 3- millimeters wide, were removed Thursday.
UPDATE: Joshua Rosenau, a grad student in ecology and evolutionary biology, posted more background on the creepy flies at his Thoughts From Kansas blog. Link
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