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Nova Scotia student finds dead rodent in Walmart pillow
Toronto Sun ^
| March 6, 2015
| SHEENA GOODYEAR, QMI AGENCY
Posted on 03/06/2015 3:51:06 PM PST by rickmichaels
A Nova Scotia university student said she found a dead rodent inside a pillow she bought from Walmart.
Erin Pettipas, a student at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, said she'd been sleeping with her arm around the body pillow every night for eight months until she noticed a "gross smell" earlier this week.
Then she felt "something hard" inside. She couldn't find any tears in the seams, so she cut it open.
"When I seen the rodent fall out, I immediately jumped back and screamed, and all that was going through my head was 'OMG, I have been cuddling a dead rodent for months!'" she told QMI Agency in an e-mail.
"I suspect the rodent was shoved in the middle of the dense stuffing, which explains why I couldn't smell it until it made its way in between the pillow covering and the stuffing."
She tweeted a picture of the critter at Walmart, which is now following up with the manufacturer, she said.
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To: rickmichaels
I suspect Walmart will take good care of her. These sorts of things can happen. It’s extremely gross, and I would expect them to do well by her.
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posted on
03/06/2015 3:55:06 PM PST
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: rickmichaels
Awwwwwwww, geeze the poor thing obviously starved to death.........
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posted on
03/06/2015 3:55:48 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
To: rickmichaels
all that was going through my head was 'OMG, I have been cuddling a dead rodent for months!'"
Welcome to my world sweetheart......I finally had to kick her out of the house.
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posted on
03/06/2015 3:57:24 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
To: Hot Tabasco
I check my bed for them out of habit.
I have a Jack Russell Terrier.
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posted on
03/06/2015 3:57:25 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: rickmichaels
So solly. - manufacturer
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posted on
03/06/2015 3:57:30 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: rickmichaels
I recently found a human child’s tooth in a can of Walmart coffee.
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posted on
03/06/2015 3:58:40 PM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: cripplecreek
I check my bed for them out of habit.
I don't have to worry about that. While I have a cat, the only thing she catches is naps.............
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posted on
03/06/2015 3:59:01 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
To: rickmichaels
"Its an Alien...It's an Alien I Tell Ya"
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:00:05 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: rickmichaels
“I suspect the rodent was shoved in the middle of the dense stuffing, which explains why I couldn’t smell it until it made its way in between the pillow covering and the stuffing.”
Sorry, dear, not the way decomp works.
To: rickmichaels
I’m not sure I believe this story. Having gone in search of a bad smell in the house, it’s always a fresh mouse that smells. If they’re old & dry, no more odor. Five cats teach you some interesting stuff.
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:02:35 PM PST
by
Twotone
(Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
To: Windflier
I recently found a human childs tooth in a can of Walmart coffee. Damn!
Did you find it at the top of the can..................or when you got to the bottom?
If at the bottom, than *Just Damn*!!
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:02:39 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: rickmichaels
"When I seen the rodent English major no doubt.....
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:05:35 PM PST
by
super7man
(Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
To: rickmichaels
Oh damn! Now everybody's going to expect to get a dead rodent in their pillows too.
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:06:34 PM PST
by
Bob
(Violence in islam? That's not a bug; it's a feature.)
To: rickmichaels
"I suspect the rodent was shoved in the middle of the dense stuffing, which explains why I couldn't smell it until it made its way in between the pillow covering and the stuffing."
Uh... no.
In all likelihood the mouse had only recently climbed into the pillow.
Had it died -- in the pillow 8 months previous -- she would have known from the smell then.
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:08:29 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Twotone
Im not sure I believe this story.
The story smells fishy. I figure she is trying to set up a lawsuit against Walmart. However, I would suspect the mouse's demise was much more recent.
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:11:14 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: cripplecreek
Yep, one of my dogs put one in my bed, I discovered it after I got in, YIKES.
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:13:14 PM PST
by
boomop1
(Term limits is the only source of change.)
To: Sherman Logan
Unless her drooling on the pillow rehydrated it? (now that's gross)
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:13:53 PM PST
by
nomad
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Exactly, its like winning the lottery.
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:13:53 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: Hot Tabasco
Awwwwwwww, geeze the poor thing obviously starved to death.........
And was just trying to stay warm.
It’s globull warming’s fault that that little mouse died.
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posted on
03/06/2015 4:15:01 PM PST
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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