advertisementSomething very strange is going on at the Walmart store in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. It is a story with a number of bizarre twists and lots of small bugs. So connect, because things get weird.It all started last weekend when Walmart store employees claimed they had found at least one pill bottle that seemed to contain insects. The bottle was found in a coat that was still on the rack, suggesting that someone had pushed the bottle in and then left. However, the bottle was not open.Believe it or not, it just gets stranger here.advertis

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after someone released bed bugs in a Walmart store.A manager contacted cops after an employee found bugs inside a closed pill bottle left in the pocket of a boys jacket which was for sale and left in the changing area on Thursday.Staff at the store contacted Ecolab, which the next day confirmed it was bed bugs and also saw them crawling around the mens fitting room of the 108 Washington Towne Boulevard branch in Washington Township.On Friday, a second container of dead creepy crawlies was located on t

It's not uncommon to have an occasional influx of bedbugs at a motel. But at a Walmart?That's exactly what police in northwestern Pennsylvania are investigating after several of the creepy critters were found crawlingaround a Walmart mens fitting room. Pill bottles containing the bugs were also found in the store.Law enforcement officers believe the bugs were deliberately released into the Walmart near Erie. The motive isn't known.An employee at the Walmart in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, first found a closed pill bottle containing live bed bugs on

An annual ranking of top Canadian cities for bedbugs has been released and Vancouver has itched its way into third place.Mark van Manen / Vancouver SunAn annual ranking of Canadian cities for bedbugs shows Vancouver has itched its way into third place.On the 2019 list released by Orkin Canada, Vancouver is bested only by Toronto in first place and Winnipeg in second. St. Johns follows in fourth and Ottawa in fifth.The only other B.C. city to make it to the top 25 is Burnaby, coming in at 19.As in previous years rankings, larger cities and trave

The authorities are investigating the discovery of pill bottles filled with bedbugs inside a Walmart in Pennsylvania.A manager at the store, in Washington Township, about 25 miles south of Erie, reported that an employee found a closed pill bottle containing live bugs on Thursday inside the mens changing room, according to the Pennsylvania State Police, which is investigating.The bottle was inside a boys jacket that was for sale, the police said.Walmart disposed of the jacket and bottle, and contacted Ecolab, a hygiene and energy technologies c

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This image released by NBC shows Tom Hanks accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)The 77th Golden Globes were meant to be a coronation for Netflix. Instead, a pair of big-screen epics took top honors Sunday, as Sam Mendes' technically dazzling World War I tale "1917" won best picture, drama, and Quentin Tarantino's radiant Los Angeles fable "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" won best film, comedy or mus

Area affected by beg bugs that was recently closed off at the Des Plaines Public Library.The Des Plaines Public Librarys recent mishandling of showing one of its trustees the door without providing him decent notification, is not the only problem the facility is facing.Sometime in September bed bugs were discovered inside the four-story building. About two months later, more of the tiny blood sucking insects were spotted on a different floor of the library prompting a call to a pest control company to do what it can get rid of the nasty problem

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Bed bug feeding on human skin. (Photo by: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images) TUCSON, Ariz. - Officials say Tucson City Hall had been bugged for several months with bedbugs that is.The Arizona Daily Starreportsofficials said it took nearly three months to remove the small insects from the Arizona municipal building.The first report of bed bugs came in late September, with an employee reporting finding a dead bedbug in a file folder on the third floor.A week later, the second report surfaced with a sighting a live bedbug on the fourth fl

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KFTA) Between family visits and getaways, germs may not be the only thing you need to worry about bringing home.Be on the lookout for bed bugs.The bugs are known for hitch-hiking and can travel on you and your items.Pest control company Terminix just released the top 50 bed bug infested cities for 2019.Philadelphia, New York, Dallas-Fort Worth, Indianapolis and Cincinnati top the list.Closer to home, Little Rock comes in at number 23 and Fort Smith at 30.If you are staying in a hotel heres what to do to not take the bugs h

Tucson City HallFor several months inside Tucson City Hall, small insects that feast off of the blood of humans thrived on the fourth floor.More specifically, bed bugs.It took nearly three months for contractors to rid the municipal building of the pests, culminating with hiring a Phoenix company earlier this month to bring in a specially-trained dog to sniff the remaining bugs out, Andy Squire, a spokesman for the city confirmed.The first report of bed bugs came in late September, with an employee reporting finding a dead bed bug in a file fol

Before going to sleep at night, I would tear my bed apart removing one layer of bedding at a time to examine every fold and indentation. Id lift the mattress, rip off the pillowcases, inspect around the box springs and in the bug traps set around the house. Id repeat the process again in the morning and expand my hunt to other locations around the house.I wish I could say Id simply lost my mind, but the reality is almost worst: Earlier this year, we brought bedbugs into our house after a hotel stay.For the latest travel news, deals and points

Global travellers to blame for the rise of super bedbugs resistant to common treatments and theyre causing a surge in bumps, blisters and blood spots Global travel is to blame for an astronomical rise in bedbugs, as the critters hitch a ride on travellers clothing and bags.The blood-sucking bugs are also becoming resistant to insecticides, further fueling their rising numbers.Scientists are warning pest controllers may have to rely less on chemical warfare to kill off the pests.Instead, they should try vacuuming, steam or heat cleaning, anti-b