Peter was terrified to see the strange little holes on his thumb. He was unaware of what might have caused them or how dangerous or fatal they might have been. That afternoon, in search of clarification, he visited the doctor.

The moment Peter showed the doctor his thumb when he got there, the doctor’s expression turned grave. After a few tests, the doctor abruptly left the room and dialed 911 before leaving no explanation.

Peter’s mind raced with fear and uncertainty as he tried to process what was happening. Using all of his strength, he frantically hammered at the closed door until he succeeded in bringing it down. Many doctors were standing before him when he left the room, their faces somber and unreadable.

The 40-year-old bachelor Peter was hoping his upcoming date would be special. Even though he had precisely prepared everything, when he glanced at his thumb, he noticed a variety of tiny holes penetrating his flesh.

What might that be? Peter decided to take matters into his own hands and fetched a set of tweezers after weighing his alternatives. He was worried about what this may show, but he also understood that doing nothing was worse than trying.

After entering the bathroom, Peter took a quick look at the tweezers before breaking the stillness with a big breath. In an effort to understand what he had gotten himself into, he brought it closer to his thumb and gently rubbed it across the burnt skin. Even though it was a little painful, Peter realized that something had to be promptly removed from underneath. As a result, he gently dug until he found what he was looking for.

Informed that his semi-emergency visit to the doctor’s office would be finished before the end of the day, Peter got there. He was worried about what was causing the severe pain and numbness in his thumb.

On a recent excursion, he wondered if he had touched something in the forest, perhaps a fungus or some contaminated moss. Peter couldn’t help but wonder whether it was more than a coincidence that his last action before noticing this symptom was going out on a date with a woman he had been corresponding with online.

The doctor carefully examined Peter’s thumb while he ordered tests and anxiously awaited the findings. Although Peter had previously felt pain and tingling in his thumb, it now appeared numb and did not even respond when the doctor pushed it. He was alarmed by this lack of reaction, which led him to fear that whatever had occurred was more serious than he had first thought.

Peter’s thumb was still being examined by the doctor, but the findings were not what he had anticipated. He needed Peter’s approval before moving forward with his exploration because his testing had not yet turned up anything.

The doctor answered the question with a heavy heart because it meant that a significant amount of Peter’s time would be consumed by this procedure. To his surprise, Peter agreed immediately and said that he would do whatever it took to find out what was wrong with his thumb.

A series of tests that the doctor had ordered swiftly produced the anticipated outcome. It was found that Peter’s ailment was caused by an invasive plant species in the area. Local law enforcement personnel conducted lengthy searches before discovering and removing this invasive species from the area. Since then, there haven’t been any cases similar to Peter’s documented, and he recovered and was able to rejoin his social life within a month.