Johanna Huden

It was so strange. At first, it was just red and itchy. And then it started to look like white cauliflower.

It was so strange. At first, it was just red and itchy. And then it started to look like white cauliflower.

I covered drink trends, nightlife trends. And I also sat next to the Cheap Eats restaurant critic. And we'd all get dishes and we'd all kind of share it because she had to try all of the dishes. So it was fun.

I covered drink trends, nightlife trends. And I also sat next to the Cheap Eats restaurant critic. And we'd all get dishes and we'd all kind of share it because she had to try all of the dishes. So it was fun.

It was almost silent. It was so strange. And we would all just kind of look at each other and not a lot of phones were ringing.

It was almost silent. It was so strange. And we would all just kind of look at each other and not a lot of phones were ringing.

People were dying. There was a photo editor in Florida that had dropped dead because of this. I did feel that journalists and reporters and editors even had a mark on their back.

People were dying. There was a photo editor in Florida that had dropped dead because of this. I did feel that journalists and reporters and editors even had a mark on their back.

It was like nothing I'd ever seen on a human being. And it had this texture to it with these ridges. And then that started to fill with fluid.

It was like nothing I'd ever seen on a human being. And it had this texture to it with these ridges. And then that started to fill with fluid.

I was actually at a wedding out on Long Island. And all of a sudden it popped and like this white liquid oozed out all over my hand and the skirt I was wearing. And I thought, that's strange. You know, there's something going on here.

I was actually at a wedding out on Long Island. And all of a sudden it popped and like this white liquid oozed out all over my hand and the skirt I was wearing. And I thought, that's strange. You know, there's something going on here.

So a doctor came in to examine me. Again, looked at it quite a while, but didn't biopsy it or anything. And then he said he was going to remove it. And they didn't give me any anesthesia, I guess because it was necrotic. Yeah, they just took it right off.

So a doctor came in to examine me. Again, looked at it quite a while, but didn't biopsy it or anything. And then he said he was going to remove it. And they didn't give me any anesthesia, I guess because it was necrotic. Yeah, they just took it right off.

You know, I had my back to the TV. You always have the TV going on in the newsroom. It wasn't until I was sitting in the newsroom... And the NBC case broke. I just slowly turned around and started watching, and my heart started pounding. I was like, that's exactly what I had.

You know, I had my back to the TV. You always have the TV going on in the newsroom. It wasn't until I was sitting in the newsroom... And the NBC case broke. I just slowly turned around and started watching, and my heart started pounding. I was like, that's exactly what I had.

And he's like, you know what? I think that spider bite you had was anthrax.

And he's like, you know what? I think that spider bite you had was anthrax.

You know, my skin had turned black. So it just shifted everything I saw and everything I touched. And it was terrifying.

You know, my skin had turned black. So it just shifted everything I saw and everything I touched. And it was terrifying.