I found strange little white balls in my 15-year-old son’s backpack: he says they’re just candy, but I don’t believe him…
Terrarium cleaning supplies
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Reptile first aid kits
School bags
Handbags
That evening, while I was tidying up my fifteen-year-old son’s school bag, I wasn’t expecting anything unusual. I just wanted to throw away the trash and organize his things, since he always tossed his bag in a corner saying he’d clean it later. But this time, underneath the books, my hand landed on a dense, crumpled white paper package.
At first, I honestly thought it was just trash. The paper was wrinkled as if it had been hastily hidden, just to avoid attention. I was about to throw it away when I suddenly felt something inside. I carefully unfolded the paper… and froze.
Terrarium decorations
Travel bags
Reptile egg incubators
Reptile discovery workshops
Books about reptiles
Inside were white balls—or rather, smooth, oval shapes. Strange, almost artificial-looking. They weren’t completely identical, but very similar. Matte white, with an unpleasant, slightly raw smell that I immediately disliked. They were definitely not sugar-coated almonds, not pills, not ordinary candy.
At that moment, my son walked into the room. I showed him what I had found and asked what it was. He jumped slightly at first, then quickly looked away and said, far too calmly, that they were just candy given to him by boys from the neighboring class.
From the tone of his voice, I immediately knew he was lying. He said it too casually, as if he had already prepared his answer, hoping I wouldn’t question it further.
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Packaging
Candy boxes
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I picked up one of those white balls between my fingers and examined it again. It didn’t look like candy at all. No sugar, no sweet smell, not even a normal hard shell.
I couldn’t hold back any longer. I took a napkin and pressed lightly to see what was inside. The shell cracked—and at that moment, I felt a chilling cold.
What was inside wasn’t what I feared… and it wasn’t reassuring. On the contrary, it was even more terrifying.
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