Mom Finds 4-Year-Old Fast Asleep With Goldfish in Hand, He ‘Just Wanted to Pet It’

Photo courtesy of Tori Hamlin

From the archives: This story was last updated in March 2019.

Tori Hamlin, from Georgia, had the shock of her life when she peeped into her 4-year-old son Everett’s bedroom one night: the little boy was fast asleep in bed but upon closer inspection was tightly cradling his beloved pet goldfish. Tori gently woke him up and explained that the fish, “Nemo,” had sadly passed away.