I encourage you to share this e-mail with anyone who shares this rumor with you. Chalk this one up as yet another cautionary tale warning parents to not place their faith in the presumed safety of a child's surroundings. Later versions of this baseless scare placed the action in either Midland or Midrand, Texas, and occurring on 2 October 1999. Ball pit play areas aren't always kept in the best condition. Before letting your child loose in one, make sure the play area's maintenance staff spot cleans the pit once a day and washes all the balls every week.
Diapers come off in ball pits, and half-eaten candy is routinely found in there.
More disturbingly, syringes and knives have turned up in ball pits. It too is false.