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.

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

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