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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

New Ball Bin Danger!

Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews, grandchildren or friends with children this will pertain to you too. As I read the following, my heart sank. I urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as you can. I cannot stress how important this is! This is very disturbing news. In addition to the following true story, I will also add that my own sons were playing in the ball pit at Discovery Zone one day. One son lost his watch, and was very upset. We dug and dug in those balls, trying to find the watch. Instead, we found vomit, food, faeces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss. I went to the manager and raised heck. Came to find out, the ball pit is only cleaned out once a month. I have doubts that it is even done that often. My kids will never play in another ball pit. Now read this:

Hi, My name is Alice Munro, my son Kevin and I lived in Cubs Husks, TX. On November 2nd, 2004 I took Kevin, one of my six kids to McDonald's for his 5th birthday after cashing our welfare check and picking up some smokes for mommy.

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 and tried to go back to my scratch tickets. Suddenly, Kevin screamed, forcing me to look up and I was horrified to see this thing coming out of the ball pit. I raced over to the pit and pulled Kevin out just in time, knocking his head on the floor (16 stitches later and he's fine, if not a little bit more whinny).

Luckily, there was another parent there taking pictures and actually caught this thing on film. I've enclosed a picture in hopes of warning everyone. It seems that such creatures are now taking hold in ball pits upand down the East Coast.

Beware and don't let your kids near ball bins!