Female Student Cries Out after Finding 'Unknown Insect' on Her Bed: "What Do We Call This?"

Female Student Cries Out after Finding 'Unknown Insect' on Her Bed: "What Do We Call This?"

  • A young Nigerian student has shared a video on TikTok showing an 'unknown insect' that she saw walking on her body
  • According to the student, she was sleeping after a hectic Monday class when she felt something moving around on her body
  • At first, she thought it was a cockroach or a lizard, but it turned out to be something she had never expected

A Nigerian lady's emotional post narrating her disturbing encounter with an 'unknown insect' has gone viral on TikTok.

The student was sleeping after a long Monday class when she felt something moving on her body, causing her to investigate further.

Female student finds unknown insect on her bed.
Lady displays what she found on her bed in school. Photo credit: @lifeofarafah/TikTok.
Source: TikTok

Lady sees 'unknown insect' on her bed

The video, shared by @lifeofarafah on TikTok, showed the insect crawling on bed, leaving her frightened.

In her post, she expressed her fears that she had initially thought it was a cockroach or a lizard, but was horrified to discover it was something else entirely.

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The student lamented the constant fear of encountering creepy crawlies in her living space, recounting previous encounters with wall geckos, cockroaches, and even a lizard that she feared had turned into a snake.

The experience left her traumatised, making it difficult for her to relax or sleep, constantly fearing that the insect was still lurking around her.

In her words:

"POV: You were sleeping after such a hectic Monday class and then felt something walking on my body thinking it was even cockroach o. Then I saw an unknown insect. What do we call this? I don too suffer for this school. Omo if it’s not wall gecko, it’s cockroach, or that lizard that later turned to snake imagine sleeping in a room with that. I can’t even close my eye back cause it feels like it’s all over my body. I don too cry. I don tire for this stupid things."
Female student displays the kind of insect she found on her bed.
Lady scared after finding an 'unknown insect' on her bed in school. Photo credit: @lifeofarafah/TikTok.
Source: TikTok

Reactions as lady displays 'strange insect'

TikTok users stormed the comments section to react to the video.

@ØL said:

"Check your room very well oo they aren't just one when they comes out of praying mantis and it's dangerous."

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@ØL said:

"Check your room very well oo they aren't just one when they comes out of praying mantis and it's dangerous."

@OMOLAYO said:

"It is sobia in Yoruba but the English name is tapeworm. Just thank God it didn't enter into your leg because it cause elephantiasis (the swollen of leg). Please make sure you disinfect your room, may God continue to protect us from unseen problems."

@Akorede said:

"It is sobia in Yoruba language, I don’t know the English name, very dangerous insect, it always comes out from dakodako insect the green one."

@annieligit added:

"That is a horse hair worm it's a parasite that lives inside certain insects like praying mantis. I have seen a praying mantis excreting it. The excretion process is mostly done in water, while the host insect dies after it comes out."

See the post below:

Lady finds unusual item in newborn's bed

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a young Nigerian lady raised an alarm on social media after discovering something unusual in her sister’s newborn’s bed.

She explained that her sister had just given birth, so she visited to help with Omugwo, but noticed that the baby couldn’t sleep.

Source: Legit.ng

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