Kansas City woman thought she had water in ear, but doctors find brown recluse spider

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri woman went to see a doctor Tuesday because she believed she had water in her left ear. What a medical assistant and doctors found made her cringe.

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Susie Torres was horrified to learn that a brown recluse spider had crawled into her ear.

"Gross. Why, where, what and how," Torres told WDAF-TV.

Torres, who does not like spiders, said she felt some discomfort when she woke up.