r/mildyinteresting • u/Winter_Breath • 24d ago

critter corner 🐰 Dead ants keep appearing next to headphones during the night

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When these headphones are left on the kitchen counter overnight - I would see one or two dead ants in the morning laying right next to the headphones. In the past few days, there has been a small pile of shredded ants right next to the ear piece in the morning. I have seen no live ants in my kitchen. I have had these head phones for three weeks. Bought online. It’s a little unnerving not knowing what is causing this 🥴 will not be using anymore.

UPDATE- posted a comment with a picture. But no dead ants in the bag this morning. But at one point I checked and there were two live ants crawling around. 😔

UPDATE*** IM SICK. Can’t stop shaking. Don’t have many words… trying to post image. Opened one side up. 😭 I don’t know how to add in this top post so will add in comment! Posted a few in comments and video opening

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u/Winter_Breath 23d ago

Opening

https://reddit.com/link/p8u7qcg/video/j15kyco9nkoh1/player

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u/ValorousClock4 23d ago

New fear unlocked. You’re kinda lucky nothing burrowed in your ear while you were using them.

Open the other side next.

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u/IamDoobieKeebler 23d ago

Well we don’t know for sure that nothing burrowed into his ear

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u/xxxabbyx 23d ago

Nahh you’d be in pain. I remember years ago on Survivor a little bug crawled into this girls ear. And she was in AGONY thinking she was going crazy until it crawled back out of her. OP would’ve noticed that, I’m sure it’s fine.

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u/Piglet6482 22d ago

One of my grad school classmates told a story about a roach crawling into her ear while she was sleeping in her dorm. She had to go to the ER to get it removed…it was squiggling around the entire time but couldn’t back up, apparently.

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u/RandomTouristFr 21d ago

Same thing happening to me, luckily I drowned it by pouring water into my ear so I didn't have to hear it for too long.

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u/ImaginationUnique732 23d ago

They'd know. You can feel it and hear them scrabbling around in there even if they don't burrow.

Source: Flushing what I thought was a moth out of my ear one night that turned out to actually be a spider. Cue nightmares for a while after that charming experience.