“Mom, there’s someone in there!” he sobbed. “In my ear — it’s moving!”

His mother tried to calm him down, thinking he might be imagining things. But the boy kept crying, insisting that something was crawling inside his ear. His father, pale with fear, didn’t hesitate — he put the boy in the car and sped to the nearest hospital.In the emergency room, the doctor tried to stay calm at first. X-rays were taken — nothing unusual.