(TEXAS) — A border patrol agent working along the Rio Grande River in Texas earlier this week stumbled into a swarm of bees, and then found something even more startling.

The agent was patrolling in Brownsville on Tuesday when a small number of bees got into his vehicle, which caused him to take a quick detour.

After clearing his vehicle, the agent started tracking the rest of the bees and spotted thousands of them covering what it looked like “jacket and a bundle”.

“Upon closer investigation, the agent realized the bundle was a person curled up in the fetal position,” the statement said.

The agent yelled for the woman to get up and run to his vehicle — and when she stood up, the agent noticed she had been shielding a child as well.

“As the person stood up, the agent noticed the person was covering a small child,” the statement said.

The three of them were inside the patrol vehicle waiting for an ambulance when the boy started vomiting. Border Patrol officials said the agent decided to quickly take them to the hospital instead of waiting.

The boy and his mother, who were entering the US illegally, are being treated in a local hospital. Details of their conditions are unknown, but officials said they were admitted in the intensive care unit. They are expected to recover, authorities said.

The staff of the hospital admitted the pair to the intensive care unit for treatment and observation. Both are expected to survive the ordeal, officials reported.

Once released from the hospital, Border Patrol agents will transport them to the station for processing under Rio Grande Valley Sector guidelines.

Authorities say they were traveling from Guatemala.

The incident comes as US authorities say they’re seeing a spike in immigrants illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, largely from Central America.

This isn’t the first time thousands of bees have decided to go on a rampage. Just recently Thousands of Killer Bees Swarmed an Islamic Mosque Attacking Muslims at a mosque in Phoenix leaving 15 badly stung and one man hospitalized.

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