Quite possibly the CRAZIEST thing I have EVER read on the net
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Yeah, I don't use them in my ears any longer either. I use tissue rolled up a certain way and I make sure I don't stick it inside the ear canal. Again, I am not a scientist and I don't know WHAT is going on or what is causing the q tip strands to move. What I do know is the stray strands move LESS than the strands that are exposed when you pull the cotton from the q tip. Also, when you pull the cotton from the q tip and place your hand or finger near the moving parts they seem to gravitate towards it. Again, I am no scientist, I do not know if the movement was caused by some static charge, an airflow that I could not detect or something from my own body, but I do know everytime I have done it I have saw movement, and I even saw movement in the jar.
I took a pack of 100 q tips and they are the safeway brand. I don't know if safeway stores are in your city, but basically it is the store brand. Out of 20 q tips ALL of them had some type of movement when I pulled the cotton from the q tip. I might run through the entire box just to see if they all exhibit this movement. Also, I did it to a couple of larger cotton swabs and I noticed several things. The first being the cotton swabs are much "looser" than the q tip cotton. The second is the cotton swabs have these little "knots" or white pellets/clumps when you pull it apart. Maybe this is natural?
Also, 206 said he was NOT in a controlled environment so did you make a typo?
Also, 206 said he was NOT in a controlled environment so did you make a typo?
And that is EXACTLY what happen when I pulled the cotton, but I have not used any heat on it. What I have experienced is it the turning toward my finger/flesh when I place it near it. Again, I am no scientist, and I am not saying these "things" are alive. What I AM saying is these things ARE moving. Again, maybe the cotton is moving because of some static or magnetic charge my body gave off from pulling it with my hand. I'm going to try tweezers in a few minutes and I'm going to put one on a black piece of paper to see what it does.
I can see these things with my bare eye, but a microscope would be better. I just placed one of the strands on a black piece of paper and it moved by itself. It doesn't move from one location to the next (like a worm crawling) but it does twist and wrap around all by itself. I used a pair of tweezers to take it off and put it on the paper. Also, I used a lighter on another piece and something interesting happened. When I held the lighter from apprx 2 inches from the q tip nothing happened. When I moved it in to like an inch nothing happened. When I moved it to apprx a half inch thats when the tips of all the moving strands started to go haywire and become blunt. Its like the tips became squarish and what not. Maybe the heat burnt them because after all, we are talking about STRANDS and these are real thin. When I applied direct heat (meaning I placed the actual flame on the q tip) it QUICKLY burned and I had to quickly blow it out. Also, I noticed that this q tip DID have some of the clumps that were present in the swabs.
Again, I am no scientist, I know my methods are awkward, but this is all I have to work with. Again, I don't know what is causing the movement of the strands.
Again, I am no scientist, I know my methods are awkward, but this is all I have to work with. Again, I don't know what is causing the movement of the strands.
I knew I shouldn't have came into this thread. I'm germophobic, I'm officially freaked out. I tried the q-tip experiment and I didn't see any strands move. That is until I placed my index finger near one and it was attracted to my finger. I moved my finger away from the strand and it was still moving, but only for a few more seconds. I'm not too sure what to think about the q-tip exp, there could be a perfect scientific explanation for the causal. I think the strands are attracted to heat, I'm going to try and surround different kinds of things around the strand to see what happens.
well I did under an oil emersion microscope and all I saw was cellulose.
I wasn't talking about the retarded claim that their are cotton fiber mimic protazoans. I was talking about this morgellans disease. I looked around on this here internet and it seems like no one is doing any viable research on the fibers. First you have to find out what the fibers are biological/synthetic/both then you can hypothesize about the nature of their occurance. I have a problem taking peoples word for things especially hypocondriacs who self diagnose
Excuse me, but did anyone here make that claim?
Maybe you should hit the link 206 provided so you would know exactly what it is you are looking for and WHERE morgellons IS said to be located.
First of all, what is your definition of viable? Second of all, if the medical community is divided and things are misdiagnosed how CAN you expect anyone to do "viable research" on the fibers, and then have that research considered? Third of all, it takes TIME and MONEY to gather all the info, gather the samples, run the tests etc. The majority of the widespread reports date back to three years, so if the research and studies weren't conducted three years ago what type of research do you expect do see at the present time? Fourth of all, you must not have been doing any viable searching your damn self:
http://www.texramp.net/~chazman/CCTm0305.htm
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/medicine/1662162.html?page=1&c=y
http://www.crossinglines.net/
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA052206.morgellonsfolo.KENS.12913d3a.html
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/medical/stories/MYSA072406.morgellons.KENS.1e13fade.html
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Homie, it is OBVIOUS that you have not read ANY of the links posted in this thread, nor have you read anything about what the fibers are said to be composed of. If you have, I'd like for you to post your opinion or link me to three sources that say what the fibers are, because I have several links pertaining to the subject, and I'm going to hold off until I see you post something in regards to it.
And for this very reason, the CDC is now looking into the matter instead of taking the sole word of hypochondriacs who self diagnose. Also, you are TOTALLY missing the point about about the cotton. What I am telling you to do is simply look for MOVEMENT. If you can't find any movement use another q tip or swab. Again, am I saying the moving strands are alive or some parasite? No, what I AM saying is the strands DO move.
Maybe you should hit the link 206 provided so you would know exactly what it is you are looking for and WHERE morgellons IS said to be located.
First of all, what is your definition of viable? Second of all, if the medical community is divided and things are misdiagnosed how CAN you expect anyone to do "viable research" on the fibers, and then have that research considered? Third of all, it takes TIME and MONEY to gather all the info, gather the samples, run the tests etc. The majority of the widespread reports date back to three years, so if the research and studies weren't conducted three years ago what type of research do you expect do see at the present time? Fourth of all, you must not have been doing any viable searching your damn self:
http://www.texramp.net/~chazman/CCTm0305.htm
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/medicine/1662162.html?page=1&c=y
http://www.crossinglines.net/
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA052206.morgellonsfolo.KENS.12913d3a.html
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/medical/stories/MYSA072406.morgellons.KENS.1e13fade.html
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Homie, it is OBVIOUS that you have not read ANY of the links posted in this thread, nor have you read anything about what the fibers are said to be composed of. If you have, I'd like for you to post your opinion or link me to three sources that say what the fibers are, because I have several links pertaining to the subject, and I'm going to hold off until I see you post something in regards to it.
And for this very reason, the CDC is now looking into the matter instead of taking the sole word of hypochondriacs who self diagnose. Also, you are TOTALLY missing the point about about the cotton. What I am telling you to do is simply look for MOVEMENT. If you can't find any movement use another q tip or swab. Again, am I saying the moving strands are alive or some parasite? No, what I AM saying is the strands DO move.
