And now, the heartwarming story of a man who realized a cockroach was living in his ear
A man from Auckland, New Zealand thought he had water trapped in his ear before making the discovery
Sometimes a bad day involves missing a bus, getting stuck in traffic, or stepping in a puddle. Sometimes it might even suck because of a lost wallet or getting locked out of your home. And yet none of these seem all that rough when compared to something experienced by the new master of the bad day: A guy who discovered he had a cockroach living in his ear.
CNN, which might have benefited from holding a flashlight up under its chin while telling the story, explains that a 40-year-old Auckland, New Zealand man named Zane Wedding made his ear a cockroach hotel for three days before realizing what was wrong.
Last week, Wedding went swimming at a local pool and came home with “the sensation that his [left] ear was blocked.” He put some drops in, fell asleep, then woke up the next day with the sensation still there. Wedding said the blockage was “infuriating” enough that he went to the doctor right away and was advised to aim a hairdryer at his ear until the “blocked water” dried up.
“I spent most of the weekend laying on my side or jamming a hairdryer in my ear,” he said. “When I had to walk around I would instantly be dizzy. When I would lay down, I could hear the water moving around my ear drum.”