If you have young kids.. Please read.
 

I went numb reading this.


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> >Subject: Please Read if you have children
> >
> >PLEASE READ
> >Body: McDonalds, Chuck E Cheese, Discovery Zone.. 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 Chuckee Cheese 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, feces, 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 clea ned 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:
> >
> >PRETTY SCARY!!
> >
> >Hi My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Midland , TN.
> >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, 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 10,1999 issue of the
> >Midland Chronicle.
> >
> >Please forward this to all loving mothers, fathers and anyone who
> >loves and cares for children!
> >
> >Don't think it's just McDonald's either or that this is something
> >that just started. When my oldest son who is now 9 was small the area
> >Burger King clos ed their play area for awhile for "remodeling"
> >because in another town there had been an incident similar to the one
> >described above that happen @ a Burger King. A little boy had been
> >playing in a ball pit & 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 copperhead nest
> >in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous bites from a very poisonous
> >snake. I wouldn't let my son play in the ball pit after that. I was
> >lucky even though that wasn't at our Burger King or McDonald's it
> >could
>have been.
> >I still have my son. Please send this on so that it doesn't happen to
> >someone you know
>
>
>
>
> Sharla Flowers
>

no offense but worrying about that sort of thing is insane , those sound like urban myths to me. no supporting links or articles to back up these supposed stories.. if you have kids you already check every place they go as a habit ( if you dont , some email prob isnt going to help ) :)

Im sure things like this "could" happen , and if there are parents out there that just send their kids off willy nilly i suppose it might help but doubtfull

Ah, chain letters on GFY.

Reminds me so of 1995.

;-)

THINK about it

sure enough its a hoax.. read below

Needlepointless Tragedy


Claim: A little boy dies after being pricked by a heroin-filled syringe in a playground ball pit.

Status: False.

Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1999]

(important) McDonalds Playground
Origins: Readers, take heart ? as frightening as this story is, there's nothing to it. No little boy, named Kevin Archer or otherwise, died in such a fashion, in Sugarland, Texas, or
anywhere else. (Later versions of this baseless scare placed the action in either Midland or Midrand, Texas, and occurring on 2 October 1999. Some versions simply stated the incident occurred in Midrand, with no U.S. state mentioned, which left a town in Africa under the gun.)

The claim about the Houston Chronicle's running a story about the boy's death is equally false. The article doesn't exist, yet so many believed the e-mail's claim that there had been such an article, the paper was prompted to run a denial in February 2000 attempting to put down these rumors. The Midland Reporter-Telegram ran such a piece itself once a shift in the rumor made it appear this horrific apocryphal incident happened in that city. And, of course, McDonald's says there's nothing to this:
Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's Corporation directly to receive accurate information regarding a rumor you have heard. We have thoroughly investigated this rumor and it is absolutely not true. There have been no such incidents ever reported at any McDonald's. In addition, there has never been an article in any newspaper regarding this rumor.

Unfortunately these types of rumors bring unnecessary concerns for our customers. It is important to know that safety is a top priority at McDonald's, especially as it relates to children. We take many precautions to ensure our Playlands are safe.

We do realize that the Internet is a "hotbed" for irresponsible rumors, and for that reason, we especially appreciate the fact that you have taken the time to contact McDonald's for the facts. I encourage you to share this e-mail with anyone who shares this rumor with you.
Chalk this one up as yet another cautionary tale warning parents to not place their faith in the presumed safety of a child's surroundings.

Though the tragedy described in "Lauren Archer's" e-mail is fictional, the danger of a tot coming into contact with a discarded syringe in one of those play nests is surprisingly real. Ball pit play areas aren't always kept in the best condition. Before letting your child loose in one, make sure the play area's maintenance staff spot cleans the pit once a day and washes all the balls every week. Diapers come off in ball pits, and half-eaten candy is routinely found in there. More disturbingly, syringes and knives have turned up in ball pits.

Another "death in the ball pit" legend circulates on the Internet, this one about a tot who fatally encounters a nest of baby rattlesnakes lurking beneath the balls. It too is false.

Barbara "look before you leapfrog" Mikkelson

Last updated: 30 August 2006

FALSE the whole thing

Sir, you are an idiot.

next time you get an email and say OH MY GOSH please go read snopes.com and make sure its not on the top 10 at least

no offense taken.. moved me to post it here. lol..

fucking crazy, true or not

I am an absolute nut when it comes to my kids :)

I agree... i mean really, what are the chances that there is a poisonous snake nest in a ball pit in burger king?? All the McDonalds and BKs are being completely rebuilt here and the play area's are in doors. Anyways, i almost never take my kids in those play area's because they are dirty.. :2 cents:

Now THAT I can relate to totally.

:thumbsup

not an urban myth... my wifes sister used to be manager at Discovery Zone... they would rent it out to raves... cleaning the ball pit would allow you to discover razor blades, money, pills, cocaine.... literally

I need your icq homie

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lol people exaggerate. cocaine is expensive , people who do cocaine wouldnt be hanging in a kiddy playground at mcdonalds and not worried when they noticed their coke missing. im sure the odd razor blade is found almost everywhere as well as money and pills.. be carefull is your best bet.. and always read snopes before you post :)

Oh and shoot whomever the retards are who keep forwarding this shit around.. heh.. never forward anything rule #1 ...

If it is a fake who cares as a parent of 3 i am completely take something like this to heart without thinking cause my kids are everything. To tell you the truth to me it sounds plausible that it can happen.

and lindsey you are gay ... and 95 rocked .. LOL

Snakes and syringes would not be my concern as much as germs and other invisible things that are just as worse imo. I feel gross that I even played in those as a kid... lol

Ever been to Arizona?

2 next to my pool, on the same day.

http://porndollar.com/snake/snake%20011.jpg

not unlikely but a nest of rattlesnakes isnt really plausible as rattlesnake mothers give birth then take off they dont have nests they hang out in

Anywhere where lots of kids play is gonna be nasty and loaded with bacteria, viruses, germs, molds, insects, staph, crap, pee, etc. Its crazy to even let your kid in those pits.

First thing I do when my kid gets home from school is make sure he washes his hands with anti-bacterial soap. If you get them into good hygiene at an early age they'll stick with it as they get older.

Another place that is gross is parks where they have public swimming pools and hundreds of kids all in the same water. You see all sorts of strange looking things floating and I really don't believe they chlorinate those things enough to kill all the germs in there.

Public restrooms are nasty as well.

i don't give a shit if its fake or not, some nasty shit goes on in places like that, i won't let my nieces and nephews go near places like that when with me...

It IS fake BUT: yeah, those ball pits are really cesspits; I saw a news report once where they'd checked them out and the ball pits were just chock-full of nasty things. They'd have to clean and sterilize every ball daily; i don't know how many places do that.

Never mind that those things had come from kids in the first place, who wants their kid rolling in it?

I just got a vision of "ball divers"...searching for their lost baggie. :1orglaugh


I do think the story is creepy, though. Factual or not, those ballpits ARE kinda gross. I've seen many a naked kid pulled out...and just where DID that diaper go? :Oh crap

ewww 1234

sounds like a bullshit story...

Btw, Jason...now that I am livin' in AZ and you sk'ered me with those snakes, I'm calling you if I see any creepy crawlies. :disgust

U haves won the italian lottery Jason. Please forward me yous bank acount informaton and we wil pay yous the 300K USD.. that yous have won.. please hurry as the military is trying to take over government.. plese help

http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/ballpit.asp
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/archer.asp

would be disgusting

i remember reading that some time ago

so you are out here again .. can you come by my house too .. LOL

:1orglaugh Hey you!
I AM back and we need to get the posse together soon, hear me?

A friend of my cousins ex-girlfriends neighbor knew a guy that bought a Corvette for only $50.00 because .............

I dont know about snakes and needles, sounds quite ridiculous to me... Although I can assure all of you that some of these play area are FILTHY. My ex has a 5 years old girl and we stopped at a Harvey's in Quebec once. They didnt had the ball pitts, but tubular plastic structures to climb in. I got in with her since i was small enough to find out gum stuck all around, a dirty old sock, rather mysterious 'sticky stains' that im hoping was just cola that spilled, and all kinds of stuff. Trully not hygienic, maybe not to the point of killing a child but still pretty gross. :2 cents:

thats the kind of email sent out by the fuckwads who want to spread viruses, worms and spyware.

There was some teen girl on Oprah back in the spring who did tests on shit in fast food joints. The water in the toilet had less bacteria than the water used to make the fountain drinks like coke and sprite...

Mmmmmmmmm me likey teh inturnet, she is chock full of so much spam and so many hoaxes.

:thumbsup

yea this thread is BS

wow, pretty scary, but it does have every "marking" of a hoax chain letter

hey look its a myspace bulliten

I think those are illegal now in California actually.

snopes always cracks down on these hoaxs

Everything on the Internet is always real.

Always.

THank you very very much for this forwarded letter.
It is really unbelievable, but painful to read.

Of course... :winkwink:

Why should anyone invent such story?

this is crap.its impossible for a needle to get into the buttocks of a kid without breaking its needle or the least without emptying its fluid