Health officials in Japan were left scrambling when a press conference about the dangers of ticks went horribly awry.
The strange scene can be traced back to one worker's ill-conceived idea to bring a living ixodid tick to the event so that members of the press could see the insect they were warning the public about.
After a series of photos were taken, someone suddenly noticed that the menacing bug had gone missing and was, therefore, scurrying around the room looking for its next victim.
More on this odd story at the Coast to Coast AM website.