I found this under my mattress – at first I thought they were insect eggs, but the reality really surprised me.

My stomach dropped. My first thought: insect  eggs. Maybe roaches? Beetles? My skin frozed just thinking about it.

I grabbed a piece of paper and carefully scooped a few of them up to inspect.

They were hard, dry, and definitely not alive. But then where had they come from?
Curious (and slightly terrified), I took a picture and sent it to a continue reading …