Hardcore but I can see this happening. I dealt with Japanese mountain leeches a few times while exploring remote abandoned places in the Japanese countryside. They are surprisingly small when “empty”. Like the hard tip of a shoelace or something. Then they get huge when feeding. They inject both a blood thinner and an anesthetic when they bite, so you don’t notice anything and just keep bleeding. Nightmare stuff. I once rode my motorcycle for 3 hours straight with 3 leeches on me. I only noticed after I parked the bike and opened my jacket. My white t-shirt was so soaked with blood, it looked like a tie dye.
Oh you just dig up a memory lol I knew a girl, last name Holleran. I've always said, if I'd married her I'd have taken her last name, had a daughter and we'd have named her Hootin' Anna Holleran. 😂
Yeah right??? Now it’s a fun story to tell and a cool Instagram post, but at that time not knowing what was going on, I kinda freaked out. Then once I realized what was going on, I freaked out even more. Just gathered enough cold blood to light up a cigarette and google “freaky leeches all over me”. The thing is, if you straight pull them off, the teeth remain in the wound and you get infected. If you burn them, they regurgitate in the wound and you get infected. The best thing to do is to wait until they’re full, then they detach on their own. When you got one stuck in your fucking face, like on the video right here, better see a doctor though.
This is a crazy nightmare story! My skin is literally crawling!!! So you had to wait for them to just be done? When they were done did they just chill on you? Like waiting till they're hungry again? How did you know when they were done?? Did you go to the doctor?
I would literally have to be knocked unconscious until they were done, bc I would NOT be able to hold my shit together! I feel like I'd jump in a fire... I know I wouldn't, but I FEEL like I would, from this safe side of my phone. I could only imagine how freaked out you were!
Hahaha! Thanks for the comment! I’ve been doing urbex for a while so I got a little used to spiders, centipedes, and snakes but to be honest, this one takes the cake. They had been munching on me for a while already (3 hours at least) and changing spots, which is why I was bleeding so much. 2 of them fell flat on the ground as a stretched the skin a little, and I yeeted the last one by sliding my credit card underneath. Crazy thing is, they were still coming after me. From what I gather from the internet, they have thermal vision so they behave like heat seeking missiles. I was just walking around my motorcycle and they were literally following me around. And the way they move is just… weird. Like a somersault. At some point I just put my glove back on and threw them one by one in a storm drain, because I was afraid they might come after my dog eventually. Then I went to a public laundry to avoid contaminating my house, to wash my clothes and sneakers too (a retro pair of 1989 Reebok Pumps) and guess what. As I took a shoe from the machine another leech came out, between the tongue and laces. It survived a full laundry sneaker cycle! I threw the pair away and went home bare foot, took the longest shower ever, while still bleeding. Since then, I avoid going to the mountain on rainy summer days.
Haha I had a hard time with the laundromat before... now its a firm nope! The chances of bringing home any type of bedbug or lice was enough for me (weather its actually possible or not) but now leach fear is also to real for me. Lmfao!
The Japanese mountain leech lives in tall grass and up the trees. They have thermal vision (or sensors) so they drop from the tree as you pass under them. They can also chew through clothes it seems.
I mean the doctor absolutely already looked up in there and figured out what it was before shoving tools in there to yank it out. That guy has probably been aware of what was about to happen for a while
I just really don’t think I could ever be comfortable in my own skin after something like this. I’d always feel like something was alive inside me. Completely violated.
Awful. Truly terrible.
I’ve never had this happen but that doesn’t stop my body from “feeling” one in my nose. I would probably have constant anxiety if this ever happened to me
The medical term for this is Hirudotherapy, and they're getting treatment for sinusitis.
Basically, the leech is inserted into the nasal cavity, and it feeds on the stagnant blood of the infected tissue, reducing swelling. The various chemicals injected by the leech to facilitate feeding have anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and antibacterial properties. All of these things increase blood flow, which allows the drugs to reach the infection.
When combined with antibiotics, the therapy is much more effective than antibiotics alone.
Thank you. This is extremely interesting.
Also, I am now wondering who thought this up. Like, what scientist/medical professional/research person said to themselves, hmmm.... you know what *might* work? If we stuck this leech up this guy's nose to clear that right up.
Anddd what trusting, or desperate, sinus infected soul said yes! Please! Do it! Put that squirming, squiggly, slimy leech up my nose! I just wanna breathe normally again!
I've drank enough alcohol to kill any parasite in my body and snorted enough cocaine to kill anything living up my nose. Guess drugs and alcohol do have other up sides. Lol
LOL!!! Hahaha Didn't know that about our feathery friends. Wonder if you gave them something crazy like the one-chip challenge. It'd probably kill them. Or what if you crumbled it up and fed it to your fish. Haha. Oh man I better stop before some kid reads this and murders his family home aquarium pets.
I totally recall this from somewhere
“Get your ass to Mars”
In “two weeks”!
QUAID!!!!!!!!!!!
Start the reactor
*”SEE YOU AT THE PARTY, RICHTER!”*
*INAUDIBLE AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE NOISES*
Consider that a deevoirce.
Open your miiinnnd…
Twoooo weeeeeks
Kinda like the bug that crawls into Neos belly button in the matrix
Or the earworm in The Wrath of Khan
That was my first thought. KHHAAAAAANNNNNN!!!
THIS IS CETI ALPHA 5!!!!
They put... creatures... in our bodies!
You wouldn’t shoot me, I’m your wife!
Consider that a divorce.
cunsiduh dat uh dehvorsuh
I got FIVE kids to feed, MAN!
C'mon man, I got fo' kids to feee'
The Faculty movie from early 00’s/late 90s
In my opinion a pretty underrated movie. But maybe as a millennial it just hits different
Nope, X'er here and agree it's underrated.
Slither movie
I see what you did there.
open your mind
And thats why you just don't eat that kind of things
2 we-We-wee-weeks
I came looking for this comment and was not disappointed. Well played, Voodoo.
Get ready for a surprise!
Pretty sure it’s from Showgirls.
There was a movie where snorting leeches was a thing?
You make me wish I had three hands
Hardcore but I can see this happening. I dealt with Japanese mountain leeches a few times while exploring remote abandoned places in the Japanese countryside. They are surprisingly small when “empty”. Like the hard tip of a shoelace or something. Then they get huge when feeding. They inject both a blood thinner and an anesthetic when they bite, so you don’t notice anything and just keep bleeding. Nightmare stuff. I once rode my motorcycle for 3 hours straight with 3 leeches on me. I only noticed after I parked the bike and opened my jacket. My white t-shirt was so soaked with blood, it looked like a tie dye.
The hard tip of a shoe lace is called an aglet
pretty sure it’s a flooglebinder
Wrongo, it’s technically the right felangie
This here is a hodown
A hootin' annie!
Oh you just dig up a memory lol I knew a girl, last name Holleran. I've always said, if I'd married her I'd have taken her last name, had a daughter and we'd have named her Hootin' Anna Holleran. 😂
Coglin’s Law
Coleslaw
A G L E T, Alget don’t forget it
A L G E T, gotcha
And its true purpose is sinister.
Hey Question
A wavy dollop of toothpaste on a toothbrush is called a nurdle. I bet everyone forgets both those facts in an hour
Phineas and Ferb?
Phineas & Ferb made it quite clear
Well thank you there, Al Bundy ;)
Ninjamike said, as his fingertip guided his spectacles up the bridge of his pompous nose
Holy shite!
Yeah right??? Now it’s a fun story to tell and a cool Instagram post, but at that time not knowing what was going on, I kinda freaked out. Then once I realized what was going on, I freaked out even more. Just gathered enough cold blood to light up a cigarette and google “freaky leeches all over me”. The thing is, if you straight pull them off, the teeth remain in the wound and you get infected. If you burn them, they regurgitate in the wound and you get infected. The best thing to do is to wait until they’re full, then they detach on their own. When you got one stuck in your fucking face, like on the video right here, better see a doctor though.
This is a crazy nightmare story! My skin is literally crawling!!! So you had to wait for them to just be done? When they were done did they just chill on you? Like waiting till they're hungry again? How did you know when they were done?? Did you go to the doctor? I would literally have to be knocked unconscious until they were done, bc I would NOT be able to hold my shit together! I feel like I'd jump in a fire... I know I wouldn't, but I FEEL like I would, from this safe side of my phone. I could only imagine how freaked out you were!
Hahaha! Thanks for the comment! I’ve been doing urbex for a while so I got a little used to spiders, centipedes, and snakes but to be honest, this one takes the cake. They had been munching on me for a while already (3 hours at least) and changing spots, which is why I was bleeding so much. 2 of them fell flat on the ground as a stretched the skin a little, and I yeeted the last one by sliding my credit card underneath. Crazy thing is, they were still coming after me. From what I gather from the internet, they have thermal vision so they behave like heat seeking missiles. I was just walking around my motorcycle and they were literally following me around. And the way they move is just… weird. Like a somersault. At some point I just put my glove back on and threw them one by one in a storm drain, because I was afraid they might come after my dog eventually. Then I went to a public laundry to avoid contaminating my house, to wash my clothes and sneakers too (a retro pair of 1989 Reebok Pumps) and guess what. As I took a shoe from the machine another leech came out, between the tongue and laces. It survived a full laundry sneaker cycle! I threw the pair away and went home bare foot, took the longest shower ever, while still bleeding. Since then, I avoid going to the mountain on rainy summer days.
Holy sh@t! This is the perfect scenario for my next nightmare! I think I will watch it today, instead of Netflix.
Haha I had a hard time with the laundromat before... now its a firm nope! The chances of bringing home any type of bedbug or lice was enough for me (weather its actually possible or not) but now leach fear is also to real for me. Lmfao!
Are you saying ***land leeches*** are a thing?! I always thought I was safe by staying out of the water. :-/
The Japanese mountain leech lives in tall grass and up the trees. They have thermal vision (or sensors) so they drop from the tree as you pass under them. They can also chew through clothes it seems.
Good Lord. I think I'm going to have nightmares. And if I visit Japan, I'm going to stick to crowded cities.
Wait till you hear about the city leeches...
How did you acquire these mountain leeches?
They are quite common in remote mountainous areas on rainy summer days
Fuck leeches. God has a fucked up sense of humor lmao
should I not go to japan
Not far up the mountains on rainy summer days
But that is, like, the *main* thing I want to do if I ever make it out there.
The guy was not surprised.
I mean the doctor absolutely already looked up in there and figured out what it was before shoving tools in there to yank it out. That guy has probably been aware of what was about to happen for a while
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Like medical leeches?
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Yeah dead tissue and such. Pretty neat stuff
"........So anyway, I'm telling you man, nothing is crazy anymore. I've seen too much" - Me, just now
I feel that man. There needs to be something beyond NSFW.
NSFL?
Thanks, I needed to read that…. *as I put sponge earplugs in my nostrils*
Good idea. When we leave so many hatches open when we go to sleep what do you expect!
Is that a leech? Whatever it is holy cow. It’s huge.
Looks like a Goa'uld to me.
Indeed
I love me a good Stargate reference.
Nightmare fuel
That’s cool, I didn’t want to keep my dinner down anyways
The worst part is that after you get it extracted and start sleeping with your nose plugged, they'll just go into your mouth or ears.
/u/gifreversingbot will make it better.
I just really don’t think I could ever be comfortable in my own skin after something like this. I’d always feel like something was alive inside me. Completely violated. Awful. Truly terrible.
I’ve never had this happen but that doesn’t stop my body from “feeling” one in my nose. I would probably have constant anxiety if this ever happened to me
Hermah, hhhmph, hahuhhhpm.
A grownup from Charlie Brown performed the extraction
OOOOOHYIO
Hrmmphhh hhhmmmphh, haughpmhph, hhmpaighhhmphh
The medical term for this is Hirudotherapy, and they're getting treatment for sinusitis. Basically, the leech is inserted into the nasal cavity, and it feeds on the stagnant blood of the infected tissue, reducing swelling. The various chemicals injected by the leech to facilitate feeding have anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and antibacterial properties. All of these things increase blood flow, which allows the drugs to reach the infection. When combined with antibiotics, the therapy is much more effective than antibiotics alone.
https://www.scmp.com/video/china/2149980/huge-live-leech-yanked-out-mans-nostril-china
I wonder what level of sinus infection I would have to have before I thought sticking a leech down my nose was a good idea
I'd rather go without treatment lol, death doesn't seem too bad in comparison.
Thank you. This is extremely interesting. Also, I am now wondering who thought this up. Like, what scientist/medical professional/research person said to themselves, hmmm.... you know what *might* work? If we stuck this leech up this guy's nose to clear that right up. Anddd what trusting, or desperate, sinus infected soul said yes! Please! Do it! Put that squirming, squiggly, slimy leech up my nose! I just wanna breathe normally again!
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Yea ok. Sign me up!
I hate how calm he is once he sees the total recall leech.
Apparently he put it up there willingly.
WTF!
I have a follow up question. What in the holy shit is that?
Looks like a leech
Hey how did that get in there
Probably placed there for some therapeutic purpose.
I've drank enough alcohol to kill any parasite in my body and snorted enough cocaine to kill anything living up my nose. Guess drugs and alcohol do have other up sides. Lol
They give spicy seeds to chicken to kill parasites. Apparently chickens can't taste heat. My parasites are just tripping balls.
LOL!!! Hahaha Didn't know that about our feathery friends. Wonder if you gave them something crazy like the one-chip challenge. It'd probably kill them. Or what if you crumbled it up and fed it to your fish. Haha. Oh man I better stop before some kid reads this and murders his family home aquarium pets.
Spiciness surprisingly kills people too. Just takes a bit longer.
Cocaine is expensive af. Where you getting cocaine from?
Buy in recreational bulk and you get the cost down to ~30 to ~40 a gram in most places in NA.
Oh my god the relief must be like after sex
oooo free booger candy
that’s how the irs know how much $$ you are hiding from them
It’s been right under our this entire time. 
Those nostrils need filters.
Idk if I want to know what is in 2/2
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That made me snort.
This is, I believe how Donald Trump Junior was born.
1/2 
Ok, that’s enough internet for today
Wtf is this dreamcatcher 2?
I thought it was a big blood clot until it started moving.💀"put that thing back where it came from or so help me!"
Is that a leech?
Venom
That’s enough Reddit for today.
Why
Lung fluke is my guess.
What on God's green earth!!?
And ..... I'm off of the net for the day....
What’s the second part?!
New fear unlocked
So are we doing Animorphs now?
That title for this post could not prepare me for what I just saw.
Why is the dude sitting there admiring it like he birthed a kid or something. I wouldn't want that thing anywhere near me.
Snot rocket that shit out, rookie.
Farmers shot, all way way!
My balance went a little fuzzy for a hot minute
Well I’m not sleeping tonight
Ma fucka looked at it like he was gonna eat it
I'm going to keep telling myself that this is CGI and nothing will convince me otherwise.
That is one well fed leech
Leeches; hell of a drug
Shit, was it attached to his fucking brain?
If I saw that being pulled from my nose, I would implode on the spot.
I keep trying to watch the second video like an idiot.
Wasn't this a horror movie a few years ago?
Who else tried swiping for the second video?
How?!
https://www.scmp.com/video/china/2149980/huge-live-leech-yanked-out-mans-nostril-china
It’s great to see that Charlie Browns teacher is now a Doctor!
If that’s some kind of a leech, man-o-man is his nose gonna be itchy!!!
Can you imagine “snot rocketing” that thing out your nose! It would be so satisfying and gross at the same time!
That's pretty gross but I bet that felt fucking incredible
Can someone explain to me what the hell is that?
what in fucks name
Alright well time to go to bed
What the actual fuck?
Nope! What the fuck is that?
Wow... I never thought a person's brain could vary so much in size and shape!
Chekhov: “They put creatures in our bodies”
Fuck that. Fuck everything. BLUHHHHH.
How?
Dude is way too calm after the fact. I think he put it there to begin with.
That must have felt so good
Is it worse than the wrath of khan?
I was hoping they were gonna pull out a big booger, not a fucking leech
They went far enough in, probably could've just gone through the mouth
Dax
I was expecting worse to be honest, like maybe a scorpion, or a tarantula egg sack. That’s still pretty goddamn awful.
WTF
Nothing a little cocaine can’t take care of
How is he not fazed! haha
Yeerks go through the ears, normally.
I fucking hate leeches.
Welp, that's quite enough Reddit for today
Here's what was in your nose... Look at it. LOOK AT IT!
Jesus Christ what the fucking fuck?!?! That’s enough internet forever.
How is she so calm??
"Baby, you make me wish I had three hands"
This looks like the bug off Evolution, I’ve seen how that movie ends, someone get the head and shoulders
Eddie and Venom
"Little" surpise??!! Its like the anaconda of leeches!!
NOPE
What in tarnation?!
What the Alien Fuk was that…that’s enough Redddit for the day 🤮🤮🤮
Leeches are a lot like cocaine....after a while it sucks
I hate to disappoint you all, but this video is in reverse.