Nova Scotia student finds dead rodent in Walmart pillow

Toronto Sun ^ | March 6, 2015 | SHEENA GOODYEAR, QMI AGENCY

[rickmichaels]

A Nova Scotia university student said she found a dead rodent inside a pillow she bought from Walmart.

Erin Pettipas, a student at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, said she'd been sleeping with her arm around the body pillow every night for eight months until she noticed a "gross smell" earlier this week.

Then she felt "something hard" inside. She couldn't find any tears in the seams, so she cut it open.

"When I seen the rodent fall out, I immediately jumped back and screamed, and all that was going through my head was 'OMG, I have been cuddling a dead rodent for months!'" she told QMI Agency in an e-mail.

"I suspect the rodent was shoved in the middle of the dense stuffing, which explains why I couldn't smell it until it made its way in between the pillow covering and the stuffing."

She tweeted a picture of the critter at Walmart, which is now following up with the manufacturer, she said.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I suspect Walmart will take good care of her. These sorts of things can happen. It’s extremely gross, and I would expect them to do well by her.

[Hot Tabasco]

Awwwwwwww, geeze the poor thing obviously starved to death.........

[Hot Tabasco]

all that was going through my head was 'OMG, I have been cuddling a dead rodent for months!'"

Welcome to my world sweetheart......I finally had to kick her out of the house.

[cripplecreek]

I check my bed for them out of habit.

I have a Jack Russell Terrier.

[SpaceBar]

So solly. - manufacturer

[Windflier]

I recently found a human child’s tooth in a can of Walmart coffee.

[Hot Tabasco]

I check my bed for them out of habit.

I don't have to worry about that. While I have a cat, the only thing she catches is naps.............

[MeshugeMikey]

"Its an Alien...It's an Alien I Tell Ya"

[Sherman Logan]

“I suspect the rodent was shoved in the middle of the dense stuffing, which explains why I couldn’t smell it until it made its way in between the pillow covering and the stuffing.”

Sorry, dear, not the way decomp works.

[Twotone]

I’m not sure I believe this story. Having gone in search of a bad smell in the house, it’s always a fresh mouse that smells. If they’re old & dry, no more odor. Five cats teach you some interesting stuff.

[The Cajun]

I recently found a human child’s tooth in a can of Walmart coffee.

Damn!

Did you find it at the top of the can..................or when you got to the bottom?

If at the bottom, than *Just Damn*!!

[super7man]

"When I seen the rodent

English major no doubt.....

[Bob]

Oh damn! Now everybody's going to expect to get a dead rodent in their pillows too.

[TomGuy]

"I suspect the rodent was shoved in the middle of the dense stuffing, which explains why I couldn't smell it until it made its way in between the pillow covering and the stuffing."

Uh... no.

In all likelihood the mouse had only recently climbed into the pillow.

Had it died -- in the pillow 8 months previous -- she would have known from the smell then.

[TomGuy]

I’m not sure I believe this story.

The story smells fishy. I figure she is trying to set up a lawsuit against Walmart. However, I would suspect the mouse's demise was much more recent.

[boomop1]

Yep, one of my dogs put one in my bed, I discovered it after I got in, YIKES.

[nomad]

Unless her drooling on the pillow rehydrated it? (now that's gross)

[gorush]

Exactly, its like winning the lottery.

[laplata]

Awwwwwwww, geeze the poor thing obviously starved to death.........

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And was just trying to stay warm.

It’s globull warming’s fault that that little mouse died.