Posted on 09/09/2018 7:37:27 AM PDT by ETL
New Hampshire residents were disgusted to discover the shoreline of a popular beach was covered with thousands of maggots last week. The tiny larvae were seen wiggling on top of piles of seaweed that washed ashore as well as covering patches of sand near the surf.
Resident Ryan Fowler was appalled by the sight on Hampton Beach, which he told NBC 10 was "writhing with maggots, probably thousands of maggots."
"It's really disappointing because my loved ones swim in it," he told the news station.
Fowler captured the disturbing scene on video, which has since gone viral on Facebook with more than 540,000 views as of Friday afternoon.
Hundreds of locals commented on the post, predicting where the maggots might have come from.
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Hillary must have visited.
Nature for the WIN! Obviously conditions were right for a hatch of SOMETHING.
Still...ick!
Democrat convention?
“Nasty “ maggots....as opposed to the pleasant kind, I guess.
Fish food? Bet that the fish are loving and getting stuffed.
I’ve seen ones like that in sewage when snaking out mainlines.
“Officials with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services were contacted about the issue and later told NECN it’s likely flies laid eggs after feasting on rotting seaweed that washed up on the beach.
The agency said officials would thoroughly examine the area to determine whether to declare it a public health risk.
“Maggots are unpleasant, but there’s no evidence that they cause pose any health risks to humans,” Sciencing explained in an April blog post, adding that a maggot can “double in size” within the span of just a few days.”
“Thousands”? That wouldn’t fill a quart jar.
No big deal-——I was at the beach in Bridgehampton,NY once-——and we had to leave because of the potato bugs.
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Boy, just wait until they find out what fish, seals and whales do in it!!
They’re called “Massholes” and while they claim they are there to sight-see, they are actually there to avoid paying sales tax.
Nature’s beach buffet for surf-zone critters.
“...Later told NECN it’s likely flies laid eggs after feasting on rotting...”
Look ! The press learnt sumfin!
I laugh about this, but in all seriousness I worked in a prominent doctor’s office once and his nurse told the staff “You have to stop leaving food in the fridge, open or wrapped up. That’s how flies are created”
Lesson NUMBER EFFING 1 in med school was missed.
It was Biblical.
No one had seen it before or since.
Sometimes nature 'burps'.
Its the John McCain Wake....
My grandfather used to let this crusty old guy ice fish for bluegills on his farm pond. He was very good at it. He let me in on the secret of his success. Bluegills love wiggly maggots. A warm maggot is a wiggly maggot. He kept them warm by holding a supply of them ready in his mouth. As a young boy I found this fascinating enough to tell Mom. I don’t think she ate rice for a year!
IN HIS MOUTH!!!!
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