While the internet can be a goldmine of helpful information, it can also provide some answers you wish you hadn’t heard.
This was exactly the case for a mom who turned to Facebook to solve a mystery at the end of her seven-year-old’s bed.
Little did she know, her innocent query would unleash a wave of terrifying suggestions and theories.
“Does anybody have any idea what this could be? It’s at the end of my son’s bed on the floor.”
The images showed small, dark, egg-like objects scattered on the floor near her child’s bed. Understandably confused and concerned, she added:
“Not anywhere else in his room, not in his ottoman bed base or under his bed. Just at the end in one spot (I’ve spread it out a bit to look). Any ideas, please?”
Some replies were enough to make anyone’s skin crawl.
One user remarked dramatically: “OMG, my skin is crawling – I hope this is cereal as I’m about to freak the freak out,”
Another chimed in, summing up the collective dread with: “Nope … new fear unlocked,”
A user theorized: “Definitely tarantula black widow scorpion eggs. Extremely bitey, and they bide their time before they attack.”
Thankfully, the mom returned to the group later with an update that solved the mystery and eased everyone’s fears.
She revealed that the strange debris was actually from a microwavable heat pack that had unexpectedly burst.
The harmless explanation put an end to the online frenzy.
However, upon returning to clean again, the mysterious debris had appeared out of nowhere.
Finally, she identified the culprit as a heat teddy that had popped near the foot of her son’s bed.
She clarified: “I hoovered it a couple of days ago, and it wasn’t there. I went back to hoover again, and it was,”
With that, everyone could breathe a collective sigh of relief, knowing there weren’t any creepy crawlies secretly laying eggs in bedrooms.
Crisis averted!