Quit bugging me!

Somerset, Wisconsin -- When high school football star Jake Asp heard loud popping noises, he never suspected it was a beetle having his eardrum for lunch. The discovery was made on September 16, when Asp was awakened from a nap because of something "strange and painful" in his right ear. After 15 minutes, the pain became so unbearable that the boy's family took him to a medical clinic, and there doctors discovered the munching, popping culprit: a beetle that had taken up residence inside Asp's ear. Unable to remove the insect with tweezers, they sent the boy to a nearby hospital where he underwent beetle removal surgery. Within days, Asp had fully recovered and was happily back on the football field.

According to a spokesperson for the Asp family, there is absolutely no truth to rumors that surgeons also removed a live squirrel, a box of Wheaties, and a tree branch from Asp's ear.