The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THIS MAN HAD BROKE HIS LEG IN A CAR ACCIDENT.HE
HAD A FULL LEG CAST. JUST ABOVE HIS KNEE HE
HAD A SEVERE ITCH; TO SCRATCH HIS LEG HE
UNWOUND A WIRE COAT HANGER, AND USED THAT TO SCRATCH
HIS LEG. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF SLIDING THE HANGER
DOWN THE CAST AND SCATCHING HIS LEG HE REALIZED THAT
HE HAD BROKEN THE SKIN. A FEW DAYS LATER HIS TOES
BEGAN TO SWELL SO BAD THAT THE CAST HAD TO BE REMOVED
FROM HIS LEG. WHEN THE DOCTOR REMOVED THE
CAST THE PART OF THE SKIN THAT HAD BEEN BROKEN
WAS HEALED OVER BUT UNDER HIS SKIN WAS A ANT COLONY.
AN ANT CRAWLED IN THE CAST AND LAYED EGGS IN THE
OPEN WOUND ON HIS LEG.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 02-00-1984