AHHHHHHHHH! Please tell me THIS is photochopped!

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OutHouse

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That is nasty. i wonder if there is any damage to the guys eye since the maggott was muching on it.
 

SagaLore

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Repost.

That was one is real. There was a news article that accompanied it.
 

Pastfinder

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Originally posted by: edro13
I have heard about Bot FLys before, but I have never heard of one laying an egg in someone's EYE! OMG!

Yup, Bot Flys are notorious for laying their eggs in all sorts of spots on the body...I remember watching a documentary about this expedition in South America and the one guy had to use his knife to cut them out of his arms...pretty graphic...
 

Koing

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Originally posted by: Pastfinder
Originally posted by: edro13
I have heard about Bot FLys before, but I have never heard of one laying an egg in someone's EYE! OMG!

Yup, Bot Flys are notorious for laying their eggs in all sorts of spots on the body...I remember watching a documentary about this expedition in South America and the one guy had to use his knife to cut them out of his arms...pretty graphic...

Crazy............

Hope the kid is okay.

Koing