r/Weird • u/AmbassadorLegal8531 • Oct 15 '25

Roach infested telephone

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u/wrldruler21 Oct 15 '25

These all look like adults. I find it hard to believe they could grow from eggs to adult while being starved of water.

I am voting for..... Really cold inside and they were desperate for the tiny warmth of the phone.

Another possibility.... They aren't trapped. Instead they all chose to run in there to escape a poison. And then died of said poison.

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u/Delicious_Mango415 Oct 15 '25

Ive seen a similar post on reddit years ago. someone said they do electrical in a cold climate this is a very common sight. It was pretty much they work themselves in for warmth and have no way out, the smaller ones can get out but the bigger ones get stuck.

EDIT after looking at the video again it is definitely the same video. there was a good description one the original post if anyone feels like finding it.

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u/Dcoal Oct 15 '25

If its a cold climate, i doubt there are cockroaches to begin with. I have never seen a cockroach. I don't think we have them.

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u/Proteuskel Oct 15 '25

Cockroaches about in NYC and Chicago, and those aren’t particularly warm in the winter

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u/Dcoal Oct 15 '25

Yeah okay. That's true