I felt sick reading this & I sware I will not take my Boys to another Ball pit again!!
McDonalds, Ikea, Go Banannas, Discovery Zone... All places with ball
pits! in the children's play area. One of my sons lost his watch, and
was very upset. We dug and dug in those balls, trying to find his watch.
Instead, we found vomit, food, faeces, and other stuff I do not want to
discuss.
I went to the manager and raised hell. Come to find out, the ball pit is
only cleaned out once a month.
I have doubts that it is even done that often. My kids will never play
in another ball pit. Some of you might not be parents, but you may have
nieces, nephews, grandchildren, or friends with children.
Hi. My name is Lauren Archer.
On October 2nd, 1999 I took my only son Kevin to McDonald's for his 3rd
birthday. After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball
pit.
When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he pointed
to the back of his pull-up and simply said "Mummy, it hurts." I couldn't
find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got
home, and it was at that point when I found a welt on his left buttock.
Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter
under the welt.
I made an appointment to see the doctor the next day, but soon he
started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back into his head.
From there, we went to the emergency room. He died later that night. It
turned out that the welt on his Buttock was the tip of a hypodermic
needle that had broken off inside. The autopsy revealed that Kevin had
died from a heroine overdose. The next week, The police removed the
balls from the ball pit. There was rotten food, several hypodermic
needles: some full, some used; knives, half-eaten lollies, nappies,
faeces, and the stench of urine. (You can find the article on Kevin
Archer in the October 10,1999 issue of the Midland Chronicle.) Don't
think it's just McDonald's either. A little boy had been playing in a
ball pit @ a Hungry Jacks & started complaining of his legs hurting. He
later died too. He was found to have snake bites all over his legs &
buttocks. When they cleaned the ball pit they found that there was a
copperhead's nest in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous bites from a
very poisonous snake.
Repost this if it scares the crap out of you!! Repost this if you care
about kids!! Please forward this to all loving mothers, fathers and
anyone who loves and cares for children!! What has this world come to??
If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where??? ?? ↓
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| Name: Nancie | Date: Jul 10th, 2007 3:24 AM |
| Wow that scares me to death. my little one will never get to play in a ball pit now that i have read this. ↑ |
| Name: jo | Date: Jul 13th, 2007 4:38 PM |
hi, this worried me so much as i regually take my son to ball pits. i googles this and it came up with loads of wedsites saying that this is a hoax and is not real "
Summary of eRumor:
An email from a mother describes how she lost her "only" son, Kevin Archer, after discovering that he'd come into contact with the needle of a medical syringe while playing in a ball pit at a McDonald's restaurant. It turned out to have the HIV virus on it. She issues a warning for parents to keep their kids safe. To help authenticate the story, the email closes by saying that the story of Kevin Archer's death can be found in the October 10, 1994 issue of the Houston Chronicle newspaper.
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The Truth:
No evidence of this incident, or anything like it, can be found. No evidence of this mother and or a child by this name who died as described can be found. The Houston Chronicle (see the link below) denies that such a story ever ran in that newspaper. This is one of a series of eRumors making the rounds of the net involving accidental exposure to needles. There are also several versions of similar eRumors saying that people came into contact with HIV infected needles and came down with AIDS. Although it's always a good idea to keep children safe, these kinds of eRumors appeal to a fear in parents that keeps the eRumors alive and, probably, has contributed to some people's willingness to even create or embellish them.
i have no idea if this is true or not and my heart goes out to the family if it is. i cant understand why anyone would make this up so i thought id p[ost it! ↑ |
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