Woman Accidentally Swallowed Her AirPod Instead of an Ibuprofen — And It Was Still Playing Inside Her Stomach

In 2021, a bizarre late-night mistake turned into one of the internet’s strangest viral stories after a woman from Boston accidentally swallowed her AirPod instead of an ibuprofen tablet.Carli Bellmer said she was exhausted and getting ready for bed when she climbed under the covers holding two things in her hands: an 800mg ibuprofen pill and her left Apple AirPod. In the dark, half-asleep and barely paying attention, she swallowed the wrong one.At first, she thought she would immediately throw it back up. But nothing happened.Then panic hit.Desperate to figure out if the AirPod was really inside her body, Bellmer opened Apple’s “Find My AirPods” feature on her iPhone. To her shock, the device was still connected — and she could faintly hear sounds coming from inside her own stomach.