Kid dies at Ball Pit at McD!

[whusurdadi]

My wife just sent me this story in an email:

McDonalds, Burger king, Time Zone etc... All places with ball pits in
the children's play area.
One of my sons lost his watch, and was very upset. We dug and dug in
those balls, trying to find his watch.
Instead, we found vomit, food, faeces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss.

I went to the manager and raised hell. Come 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.

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!

Hi. My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Melbourne ,
Australia .
On October 2nd, 1999 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.' 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 see the doctor 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 a 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, faeces, and the stench of urine.

Don't think it's just McDonald's either. A little boy had been playing
in a ball pit @ a Burger King & started complaining of his legs
hurting. He later died too. He was found to have snake bites all over
his legs & buttocks. When they cleaned the ball pit they found that
there was a snake's nest in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous
bites from a very poisonous snake.

Repost this if it scares you!! Repost this if you care about kids!!
Please forward this to all loving mothers, fathers and anyone who
loves and cares for children!! What has this world come to?? If a
child is not safe in a child's play area then where??

 

[TylerDurden]

This is false, and on snopes i think.

 

[robin]

 

[Mark from Plano]

Here's a test of the veracity of any such warning:

Did you receive it by email?

No--Veracity is uncertain.
Yes--The warning is most certainly false.


Although, I must add that I did hear about a guy who let his son play in the ball pit and then woke up in a hotel bathtub full of ice with a kidney missing. I'm pretty sure that one is true.

 

[unjung]

That's the last time I play in a ball pit!

 

[edmorel]

In germany, ball pits with feces are for adults.

 

[Fuuma]

Wait, does it mean I can get free heroin if I go in a ball pit? I'm off to McDo mofos!!

 

[Slopho]

Only people from Maryland would fall for something so stupid.

 

[Piobaire]

Not an expert in pediatric intramuscular absorption of heroine, but the onset of toxicity seems kinda of prolonged to me.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

Here's a test of the veracity of any such warning:

Did you receive it by email?

No--Veracity is uncertain.
Yes--The warning is most certainly false.


Although, I must add that I did hear about a guy who let his son play in the ball pit and then woke up in a hotel bathtub full of ice with a kidney missing. I'm pretty sure that one is true.

LOL, nice touch at the end.

Though I must admit I get a ton of these from my mother. I used to dig up the truth behind such warnings, but now I just respond: LURK MOAR N00B!

 

[JoeWoah]

As a child I survived many ball-pit excursions at Chuck-e-Cheese with nary any psychological or physical damage. Do you remember what Chuck-e-Cheese was like in the 80's?

******* death traps between unfeeling/uncaring robot rock bands biding their time until they can revolt against their human overloads, costumed child molesters, choking hazard toys painted with lead, flying dishes of molten unhealthy pizza, giant unsecured 200 lbs. game cabinets, uncovered electrical outlets, runaway skee balls, hundreds of little children running around spreading more germs than a loose monkey with Ebola in O'Hare Airport... and the ball-pit!

If you can't survive this, it's evolution thinning the herd! Is that so bad?

 

[aging in rhythm]

could a child overdose from heroin leftover in the tip of a needle? I don't know much about heroin but I would think it would take more than that.

 

[Slopho]

Joe, are you too young to remember Farrell's?

 

[Gradstudent78]

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ball-pit-death.html

 

[JoeWoah]

Originally Posted by Slopho

Joe, are you too young to remember Farrell's?
I've never heard of it. I was too old for Discovery Zone too, by about a year.