Man goes to A&E to have moth removed from his EAR... after attempt to suck it out with vacuum cleaner fails

Surgical removal: Jason Chinn's attempts to remove the moth with his Dyson failed and he was forced to go to A&E

A man had to go to Accident and Emergency after a moth flew into his ear - and his attempts to suck it back out with his vacuum cleaner failed.

Jay Chinn, 40, was watching football on the television when the insect flew straight into his ear and because trapped.



The father-of-one, from Plymouth, Devon, said all he could hear a loud buzzing as the moth desperately flapped its wings in an effort to escape.

After spending an hour attempting to dislodge it with a toothpick - and then his vacuum cleaner, he was forced to go to Derriford Hospital in the city to have it taken out by doctors.

The youth development worker said: 'I was just sitting at home late on Sunday night catching the last of the weekend's football action when the moth flew into my face.

'I shooed it away but it flew straight down my right ear and lodged itself on my ear drum.

'I couldn't quite believe it at first but I could hear it buzzing away in my ear. It was really loud, like having something flapping around inside your head.

'I bent over and shook my head about, I held my nose and blew as I hard as I could but it just wouldn't come out. All the time its wings were going 10 to the dozen.'

He went to hospital and doctors removed it at around 2am.

Mr Chinn later took the moth home with him so he could show his wife Claire, 33, what had flown into his head.

Headache: Insect was buzzing around in the father-of-one's ear as it tried to escape

He added: 'The doctors had a bit of a brain storm and came back with this little surgical vacuum.



'It was really painful because it was right down on my ear drum, but it came out in the end.

'I told the doctor I had to take the moth home with me, so I could prove to Claire what had happened.'

Mr Chinn said his hearing had completely recovered and his only injury was a toothpick scratch.