Woman 'traumatized' after finding creature in glass – fans tell her to go to the emergency room | Strange

A woman was shocked to discover a slug at the bottom of her glass of water after taking several sips – now fans are urging her to seek medical attention.

Lauren Saddington, known online as @laurensaddingtonx, is a lifestyle and travel influencer from the north of England. She is generally known for her upbeat personality, but things got serious when she revealed that she almost swallowed a slug.

In a video that received more than 34,000 likes, the 27-year-old shared her disbelief: “This is not a new unlocked fear. I don’t know how I did it.”

“I literally took about ten huge gulps of this. I was so thirsty. It was literally just washed. There’s a huge slug in it. I’m literally Ron Weasley and he’s alive,” she added.

Lauren joked that if she ever became famous, she would refuse to take part in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, saying the experience left her “traumatised”. She asked her followers for answers, adding: “I need someone to tell me how this happened because it was washed with fairy liquid.”

She showed the slug still alive in the cup, describing how the sight gave her “goosebumps all over her body.” Concerned TikTok users advised her to go to A&E, with one commenting: “You need to contact 111 for advice as slugs can be poisonous.”

Another added: “I would need therapy.” Meanwhile, a third wrote: “This is really dangerous. You need to be checked out in the emergency room.”

The vast majority of slug species are harmless to humans. Slugs are only really dangerous if you eat them. Cats and dogs that swallow slugs may experience excessive salivation and/or vomiting.

People can become infected when they deliberately or accidentally eat a raw snail or slug that contains lungworm larvae or if they eat unwashed lettuce or other raw leafy vegetables that have been contaminated by slime from infected snails or slugs. If you have any questions, contact your doctor or NHS 111.