I had got this as a email and we had soom people over for a cook out and my friend went in the woods and someone had seen a tick on my friend.So I said about this email and we had tryd it and it did work on my friend.So i'm passing it on. Take a cotton ball and apply a glop of liquid soap to it and cover the tick with it for 15 to 20 sec.The tick will come out on its own and be stuck to swap or cotton ball.This will work on your pets as well.