Okay, so I’d already heard of insanely-creepy Morgellons disease before:
Morgellons is a name given in 2002 by biologist Mary Leitao to a condition characterized by a range of cutaneous (skin) symptoms including crawling, biting, and stinging sensations; finding fibers on or under the skin; and persistent skin lesions (e.g. rashes or sores).
But I didn’t know that what was once considered a paranoid fantasy now has a little evidence behind it:
Randy Wymore, a former research director of the MRF and presently Director of the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences’ Center for the Investigation of Morgellons Disease, claims that Morgellons patients have masses of dark fibers visible at 60x magnification under the unbroken skin, while unaffected individuals do not. Wymore sent samples of fibers supplied by Morgellons patients to the Police Crime Lab in Tulsa, Oklahoma for analysis. After checking the fibers against known fibers in the FBI’s national database, lab director Mark Boese said the fibers were “consistent with something that the body may be producing,” adding, “These fibers cannot be manmade and do not come from a plant. This could be a byproduct of a biological organism.”
Oof.
I am another person that has had those fibers, threads on me. I also thought it was a spider bite. I have a scar where the fibers were on me, I now think that the scar could be fibers that didn’t come out ? If you would like to reach me, my e-mail is [ deleted ], my name is Lois