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Woman finds 'one in a billion' spherical egg

Alice Cunningham & Jacob Ottaway
BBC News, Suffolk
Jo Willis The spherical egg rests in the palm of a person. Jo Willis
Jo Willis discovered the spherical egg in a pack of them she bought from a friend

A woman has said she and her family were in disbelief when she found a "one in a billion" spherical chicken egg.

Jo Willis, 49, from Bentley, Suffolk, bought the eggs from her friend before she later made the discovery while hard boiling one of them.

The chances of finding such a round egg are reported to be one in a billion and similar peculiar eggs have sold for hundreds of pounds before.

Mrs Willis is now planning on selling the egg and will donate the money to three charities.

Jo Willis Jo Willis holds the egg in her hand. She is smiling at the camera as she stands outside in front of a large green bush. She wears a navy cap, black glasses, a white top and has long brown hair.Jo Willis
Jo Willis is hoping by selling the egg she can raise some money for charity

Mrs Willis described the egg as "like a golf ball".

"My husband just shook his head in disbelief. They are like one in a billion," she said.

"I thought perhaps I should have checked before boiling it.

"I did think perhaps if possible I could try and raise a little money for the [charity fundraiser] I've been doing.

"Maybe somebody out there just for a bit of fun could offer a bit of money toward my sponsorship and buy the egg."

'Negative into positive'

Mrs Willis started her fundraising after losing a number of people in her life.

"It was after quite a few deaths in the family last year, some close friends and relatives," she continued.

"The closest friend was my husband's best mate, so I thought, 'What could I do?'.

"I just thought turn a negative into a positive and I decided I would do three charities."

The fundraised money will go to charities focused on cancer research, Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis and she has set herself a target of £1,500 for each one.

"It would be awesome, absolutely awesome" to sell the egg, she said.

"If something good can come out of finding something so bizarre then that would be brilliant.

"If somebody wants an egg and wants to keep it for as long as they want, good on them."

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