Botfly

Botfly larvae are the things of nightmares.  The human Botfly (Dermatobia Hominis) female will capture a mosquito and attach her eggs to it's body and let it go.  Once the mosquito lands on a human (and some other primates) the eggs will enter at he point of the mosquito bite to incubate for 8 weeks in the subcutaneous layers of the skin. It will fall out and develop for a further week in the ground.

This species is native to the Americas from Southeastern Mexico (beginning in central Veracruz) to northern Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. The adult fly is quite large and resembles a bumblebee.

Here is a video of Botfly larvae removals.  Be warned, it's cringe inducing.  also if you suffer from Trypophobia it might trigger that too.

Tickle in the ear

Hi creepsters.  I know I had been putting a creepy thing on everyday and that just recently I have been missing a few days.  I have not had as much time to dedicate to the blog lately as I had before.  I don't want to stop the blog though so I am going to reduce the post frequency to weekly rather than daily.  On that note, here is a man going to the doctor with a tickle in his ear.

Poppy, creepy as hell

I have only just got on this Poppy band wagon.  This channel seems a bit normal and dull when you see the stills.  Yeah yeah another girl just talking about hair and make up and teenage drama stuff. Not of interest to those of us with a taste for the creepy stuff.  She is a pop star with fluffy music videos.

WRONG!!!  Just watch her.  You can't help but click on video after video.  They are all so short and....unnerving.  She appears to be an art channel that focuses on celebrity culture.  She's so creepy.

Visit Poppy's channel

The strange mind of David Firth

You may remember an online animation series from a few years back that goes by the name of Salad Fingers.  I know he wasn't a household name but he did become very popular with a lot of people.  

Well Salad Fingers is the brain child of crazy animator David Firth and Mr. Fingers is only mildly creepy next to some of David's other offerings.  I could sit and watch his animations all day as you never quite know what is going to happen and what the tone will be.  

Anyone who likes anything strange and unusual should have a David Firth night followed by a night of weird crazy nightmares.

Visit David Firth's YouTube

Little ghost, little ghost, what I'm scared of the most

Can a ghost be caught on camera?  Maybe.  There are a lot of people out there saying they have done it though many of these tend to end up being faked.  Here is a picture for your consideration.

These lot were having a get together and decided to take some snaps.  The little girl had apparently been getting upset a lot and saying the boy was scaring her.  When she refused to pose with them for a photo and just stood crying at the scary boy they thought it was just her childhood over active imagination and carried on.  When looking back over the photos at a later date, they found a boy peering out from between them.

Is the story true?  Did they fake the image?  Was it some kind of tech glitch?  Or is it true that children can see ghosts when adults can't?