BIG HAIRY SPIDER STORIES just for Craig

[BusyKiwi]

don't they reckon everyone eats a few spiders in their sleep in their life time?

[silverado]

Here in NZ we used to have spiders known as Avondale spiders, they were unusual in the fact that they were a native to NZ, but were only found located in one area of Auckland.
Straingley enough it was Avondale, now these spider's were basicly harmless with the exception of being able to almost scare you to death.
The reason was these spider's grew to about the size of an adult hand and with legs fully extended could cover a dinner plate.

I know some of think im pulling your leg, but it dead true, you can google them or ask any Kiwi, my mum grew up around that area and she has seen them as a child.
They are all but extinct now, having been wiped out by shit scared house wifes.

Cheers
Rusty
 

[BusyKiwi]

they are still around Rusty, not so much in Avondale more in Titirangi way

The "avondale spider" is actually from OZ, it's real name is the "huntsman spider" (I did a paper on this years ago). They can and do grow as big as dinner plates. They were used in that movie aroconda - however you spell it

Another useless fact; did you know the dirty long legs is actually poisonous, the thing is thou their fangs are to small to pierce the human skin

[LS120]

did you know that the dady long legs is the most venomis spider but the fans are too small to byte people. but the do eat white tail's a good reasion to keep them around.

just some usless info.. oh it was Aracnophoba. i think thats how its spelt?? was a movie & apc game in its time.

 

[BlackBedford]

G'day

The huntsman spider is a large beast that can be tamed and makes an interesting pet.
I had a semi tamed one that that lived in an old railway carriage that I have. One end of the carriage is set up as a guest room. We had some friends coming for a vist and my daughter, and her friends, were told to clean the room and make the bed. As the girls walked over to the carriage I had a quiet chuckle. My wife and her friend asked what was so funny. I looked at the pretend watch on my wrist and said "wait for it".
What I had done was to put the large spider into a very small jewelry box and sit it on the bedside table.
Within a few minutes there was a lot of squeeling and jumping followed by a couple of hysterical girls back at the house in record time jibbering on about a spider.
Didn't fool my daughter though.

I have some large plastic spiders with magnets inserted and stuck to the metal walls in the carriage. One day I was in there with a mate and he nervously commented how one of my spiders had fallen off. As I reached down to pick it up it ran away. So did my mate.

[Rozz and Lucy]

ha ha ha ha thats funny..... the bloooodie spider scared him away.. I ate a spider once for a dare it was dead though.... I must admit live ones creep me out.....

[BlackBedford]

Come on where are your spider stories?

When I worked from home, I had a large pet huntsman spider running around my bench. It would sit and watch me work. When he was hungry he would run towards me and wave his front legs. I would catch a fly and flick it at him. He would catch it and devour it.
We were mates.
One day I was packing some parts to send back for warranty claim when unknown to me, my mate crawled into the box. I sealed it up and sent it off.
Several days later I rang to enquire as to the status of my box of parts. I got a very frosty reception. "What's wrong?" I asked.
Apparently the box was opened and a "giant funnel web spider" jumped out and attacked everybody. The spider was huge and had no fear of anybody. There was a mass exodus of staff waving their hands above their head, yelling profusely in their native tongue. They went on strike and refused to enter the warehouse until the monster was killed. A pest exterminator was called who eventually found my mate and killed him. The carcass was nailed to the notice board. After several hours, work resumed.
When told of this I was horrified, "my poor little mate" I said.
The receptionist said "what do you mean little?"
I said "he was only a baby, would you like me to send you his mother?"
"Mother? How big is his mother?" she nervously replied.
"Oh about as big as a dinner plate"
"Oh,no,no,please no"


Well a couple of months later the Bogan moths were hatching and big ones can have a 40cm wingspan. I caught the biggest moth I could find and put it into a box of warranty parts and sent it off.
Several days later I rang and was told a story.
Apparently the box was opened and a "giant vampire moth" flew out and attacked everybody. The moth was huge and had no apparent fear of anybody. Again there was a mass exodus of staff waving their hands above their head, yelling profusely in their native tongue. Again they went on strike and refused to enter the warehouse until the monster was killed. A pest exterminator was called who eventually found the moth and killed him. Again the carcass was nailed to the notice board.
When I asked how big the moth was I said that "that sounds like a baby one. Would you like me to send a fully grown one?"


I had several Sydneysiders convinced that monster spiders and moths lived west of the Blue Mountains, and they were never going to visit me.

[SandB]

    That's a classic!!!  Love it!!! Wish we had real scarey shit like that down here in SA

Cheers Brian O