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Needles Needles in the ball pit.
December 1999
Below is a another example of one of the Hidden Needles legends.
According to the Houston Chronicle, "The 'Kevin Archer' e-mail being
circulated these days is a hoax. There is nothing to be found in the
archives. No such article appeared in this or any other newspaper on
Oct. 10, 1994, or any other date as no such or similar incident ever has
occurred here or been reported by any news service or in any medical or
legal records. "
����Hi, My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Sugarland,
TX. ����On October 2cd, 1994 I took my only son to McDonald's for his
3rd birthday. After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball
pit. When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he
pointed to the back of his pull-up and simply said "Mommy, it hurts."
����But I couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed
him when we got home, and it was at that point when I found a welt on
his left buttock. Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was
something like a splinter under the welt. I made an appointment to have
it taken out the next day, but soon he started vomiting and shaking,
then his eyes rolled back into his head. From there, we went to the
emergency room. ����He died later that night. It turned out that the
welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken
off inside. ����The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from heroine
overdose. The next week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit
and lo and behold. There was rotten food, several hypodermic needles:
some full; some used; knives, half-eaten candy, diapers, feces, and the
��stench of urine. If a child is not safe in a child's play area then
where? ����You can find the article on Kevin Archer in the October 10,
1994 issue of the Houston Chronicle. Please forward this to all loving
mothers!
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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