A Sydney woman has gained viral attention on TikTok after discovering an unwelcome visitor inside her headphones when she went to clean them—a dead insect that had taken up residence in the worn-out ear pads.

"I got the headphones in around 2017, and when the ear pads started to deteriorate recently, I opened them up to install new pads," Abbie von Bertouch, also known as Vonn, told Newsweek. "When I saw the bug, I screamed and then got my camera out because I thought it had to be seen to be believed."

Last week, Vonn shared the discovery on TikTok in a video that has so far been viewed over 9.5 million times where she showed the dead bug in the headphone cover.

Thankfully, life in Australia has given Vonn a pretty laid-back attitude to bugs.

"I wish I could say I'm more disgusted, but living in Sydney has desensitized me to bugs. I'll just be keeping [the headphones] in their case from now on," she said.

In the comments section in her TikTok video, users shared their own bug-based stories.

"My kettle started whistling softly and after MANY teas I realized there was a roach blocking the little hole and I was drinking roach tea for a while," Katieclarry wrote.

Onata commented: "One time I was about to put my headphones on and seen an earwig. There were two others in there after I took off the padding."

"If it makes you feel any better, one time I had bed bugs in college and didn't know and they got into my headphones and ate tf out of my ear and I had no idea what caused it for like a week," user Marley recalled.

"New fear unlocked," the TikTok United Kingdom (TikTok UK) account wrote.

Meanwhile, some users on the social media platform saw the humor in the situation.

Marina jokingly wrote: "New meaning to hearing crickets."

"He was singing you all those songs," wrote walthuwide

SqrrlGrl added: "I'm wearing those exact headphones right now, and I'm frozen with fear."

For Vonn, it was amazing to see how many people had similar stories—and it made her feel better to know that she wasn't the only one.

"I wasn't prepared for how many people have a similar bug story," Vonn said. "It makes me feel a little better about the whole situation."

Other viewers, though, were left with their own new fears, and an extra job to do for the day.

"I'm holding you personally responsible for the 45 mins it's taken to get my headphone covers back on now," user radicelm commented.