It has been a little more than a year since Abby Beckley became the first known human in history to contract a rare eye worm. But she remembers the entire ordeal like it was yesterday.
“Strange things can happen to anyone at any time,” Beckley, 28, tells People. “This was so shocking. There was a six-month period where whenever I would feel anything in my eye, I would just go and stare in the mirror for a long time.”
In the summer of 2016, Beckley, of Brookings, Oregon, was working on a fishing boat in Alaska when she felt an itchy, tingling...
“Strange things can happen to anyone at any time,” Beckley, 28, tells People. “This was so shocking. There was a six-month period where whenever I would feel anything in my eye, I would just go and stare in the mirror for a long time.”
In the summer of 2016, Beckley, of Brookings, Oregon, was working on a fishing boat in Alaska when she felt an itchy, tingling...
- 2/19/2018
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
In 2016, Abby Beckley felt an itchy, tingling sensation in her eye, and wrote it off as a stray eyelash. But when the discomfort continued, she realized it was something much more serious.
“I finally couldn’t take it any ,” Beckley told NPR. “I went to the mirror and decided I’m going to pull out what ever was in my eye, even if I have to rip part of my eye out.”
Beckley, now 28, held her eye open, and grabbed a small, string-like material from beneath her eyelid. She soon realized it was a worm.
“It was squiggling on my finger,...
“I finally couldn’t take it any ,” Beckley told NPR. “I went to the mirror and decided I’m going to pull out what ever was in my eye, even if I have to rip part of my eye out.”
Beckley, now 28, held her eye open, and grabbed a small, string-like material from beneath her eyelid. She soon realized it was a worm.
“It was squiggling on my finger,...
- 2/15/2018
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.