Woman ‘shaken’ after finding mysterious object hidden inside a Tampax tampon

A woman was left shaken after she found a “terrifying” mystery object hidden inside her Tampax tampon.

Celia took to TikTok with a video of her opening up the tampon, which had a different colour applicator than the rest of the ones in the box as she hoped to get some answers.

In the video, which has now amassed more than 1.1million likes, she opened up the tampon and allegedly discovered a small metal item hiding inside.

She said: "So I was just going to the bathroom like normal, and I was putting in a tampon. I grabbed one from my Tampax bag because there is a shortage, so I’ve been using Tampax, not my organic, and look at this.

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“You can clearly see that the colour of the actual tampon, they’re all purple, every single Tampax is purple, these are supers. Then I found this. I thought, maybe it’s a new colour, so then I took it out and um, what? So I just opened it up, what is that?”

The now-viral video, which has been viewed 8.4 million times, received more than 9,000 comments from concerned followers as some suggested it could be a tracking device.

One user wrote: "My brain instantly said, tracker."

Another added: "Imagine some younger girl not knowing that isn’t unusual and using it"

A third commented: "I know accidents happen, but women already have enough to worry about.”

However, in a follow-up video, Celia explained that she didn't buy the box of tampons but was actually given them by a friend who works at the Tampax factory.

She said: "Tampax send me a prepaid mailing bag to send them the tampon and the contents. Then they included a letter from Tampax saying that they were going to send me compensation, I was not expecting that, I don’t know what that entails.

“I only posted this video, because if someone who was inexperienced got this in their hands and didn’t realise there was something wrong with it, and they started to use it, I feel like that’s really scary.

“This should not be happening, no matter if you were given it or if you bought it, it shouldn’t have left the factory. It doesn’t matter how I got it in my hands. I think that’s the main issue here.”

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But this explanation lead to new theories as some suggested that the metal was part of the testers and possibly slipped through accidentally

One suggested: "It looks like it could be a defect detection tester? So they put it in on the line to see if their quality control system picks up that it is defective.”

Another theorised: "Quality control tester. The ‘SS’ is for stainless steel. It’s non-magnetic and harder to detect.”

A spokesperson for Procter & Gamble, the owner of Tampax, said: “We are aware of the TikTok video and are looking into the matter. This is a sample from our quality control process we believe was accidentally gifted from an employee to a friend. Quality control samples are not sold to consumers.”

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