It Sounds Like Rice Krispies Poping In My Ear

Jesse Courtney, a nine year old boy from Albany, Oregon told his mom of a faint popping in his ear — "like Rice Krispies." What was thought to be an earache was instead a pair of spiders that made a home in Jesse's ear. "They were walking on my eardrums," Jesse Courtney said. One of the spiders was still alive after the doctor flushed the fourth-grader's left ear canal. His mother, Diane Courtney, said her son insisted he kept hearing a faint popping in his ear — "like Rice Krispies."
Dr. David Irvine said it looked like the boy had something in his ear when he examined him. When he irrigated the ear, the first spider came out, dead. The other spider took a second dousing before it emerged, still alive. Both were about the size of a pencil eraser. What I want to know is how did the spiders get into his ear? Did the spiders crawl into Jesse's ear when he was sleeping? Check your bed before you say your night time prayers. These are the days my friend.
Jim "Train"