OT-Mc's Ball Pit ...worth reading

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I just got this e-mail from someone. I realize it is off topic, and I know

it could very well be one of those Urban Legend things. But, I also know

that it very well could be true and the message is worth reading and taking

note of the potential for danger. I personally never let my children play

in ball pits because of the diseases found on those nasty balls. I also

don't let my children go barefoot in sandboxes because of the potential of

needles being in there. I was raised in a very sheltered environment and am

totally amazed at the things that people actually think to do to cause pain

to other people. Some of the things would never even occur to me to think,

let alone do! Because of the line of work that my husband is in, I know

that there really are some sick people out there that do prey on children.

Please take the message that this e-mail is giving whether it is actually

true or not and have a heads up on your children's behalf.

~Karma

CAN YOU BELIEVE THE SICK PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD?

Subject: Mc's Ball Pit ...worth reading

Mc's Ball Pit

Please read this even if you don't have children and forward it to everybody

you can! This is so sad and so terrible! Hi, My name is Archer, my

son and I lived in Midland, TN. On October 2nd, 1999 I took my only

son to Mc'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

had died from heroine overdose. The next week, the police removed the

balls from the ball pit. 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 Archer in the October 10, 1999 issue of

the Midland Chronicle.

Please forward this to all-loving mothers!