“Piercing screaming and shouts of ‘I’m going to kill you’ prompted Australian police to rush to a Sydney home at 2am, only to find an embarrassed man and a large spider.”
Man Sets Fire to Detroit Gas Station While Trying to Kill a Spider
Recently, a man attempted to a kill a spider after noticing it while filling his car at a gas station, Fox 2 Detroit reports—an understandable impulse, if somewhat gratuitous. However! His weapon of choice was a lighter, and he set the whole pump on fire. Haha, whoops.
Escaped Tarantula Grounds Delta Flight, Traps Passengers in Baltimore
A real life nightmare unfolded Wednesday night in Baltimore when a baboon tarantula crawled free of its carrier container while onboard an Atlanta-bound Delta flight, forcing the plane to be grounded overnight.
Scientist Has Chill Run-in With Puppy-Sized Spider
Our eventual cession of global dominance to giant spiders came one step closer this month when a scientist detailed his encounter with a spider that weighs roughly as much as a puppy. The South American Goliath birdeater (real name!) has a footlong legspan and two-inch fangs. Its body is about the size of a fist and…
One Man's Take, by Taylor Berman
Clowns and spiders are overrated scary things. What's really scary is chronic neck pain.
This Is a Truly Horrifying Story About a Spider
An Australian man rather understandably says his trip to Bali was "ruined" when he had a horrifying run-in with a disturbingly determined spider.
Family Flees 6,000 Deadly Spiders "Bleeding Out of the Walls" of Home
Spiders falling from the ceiling. Spiders behind every mini blind. Spiders in the fireplace. Spiders "bleeding out of the walls." A family in Missouri finally had enough of this nightmare and vacated the home they were sharing with 6,000 brown recluse spiders—but will the spiders ever leave?
Giant Mutant Spider Actually Pretty Cool Regular Dog
This is a video of dog chasing people through the dark in a giant spider costume, set to over-the-top horror film music, but that knowledge doesn't make it not fucking terrifying. You can hardly blame the victims for failing to waste precious seconds confirming whether that dog-sized spider is actually a dog-sized…
Another House Catches Fire in Attempt to Kill Spider With Flamethrower
There's just something about spiders that makes people want to burn them to death with homemade aerosol flamethrowers, even if their houses nearly burn down in the process. It happened earlier this year in Seattle, causing $60,000 in damage, and now it's occurred again in Wales.
Man Burns Down House Using Lighter and Spray Paint to Kill Spider
A Seattle man burned his house down last night after bringing a gun to a knife fight with a small pest on his wall. More specifically: he brought a flamethrower to a fight with a spider.
There's a Pregnant Mexican Tarantula Running Loose in Brooklyn
Penelope, the pregnant Mexican Red Rump Tarantula shown above, might look scary, but her owner assures she's "mostly harmless." Yeah right, pal.
Kansas Woman Charged With Arson After Trying to Light A Spider on Fire
A woman in Kansas is facing an arson charge after doing what anyone would after catching a spider in his or her home: lighting a small fire with towels in order to catch the spider in the fire and kill it.
There Are Terrifying, Fish-Eating Spiders Everywhere
According to a new study published today in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, fish-eating spiders "lurk near rivers, ponds, and swamps on every continent except Antarctica." The countdown for spiders to eventually eat us has begun.
Bumblebee Saves Another Bumblebee From Spider's Clutches
A man with a voice meant for narrating nature documentaries got his chance while filming a bumblebee trapped by a spider. He was taking the video to teach his son "a sort of brutal life lesson," but ended up capturing something entirely different.
Florida Man Overcomes Fear of Spiders By Tattooing Spider on His Face
Eric Ortiz doesn't like spiders. Which is why he got this black widow spider tattoo on his cheek, just below his eyeline, in December: So he can overcome spider that which spider he fears most spider spiiiiiiider SPIDER.
Ahhhhh, nightmares. A Pennsylvania woman found a live black widow spider in her grapes after returning home from the supermarket.
Dozens of Deadly Spiders Burst from Banana As Woman Prepares to Eat It
An urban legend joined forces with a recurring nightmare and the worst case scenario to permanently traumatize a young mother who found dozens of the world's most venomous spiders crawling all over the banana she was preparing to consume.
Dallas Woke Up This Morning to Spiders Everywhere
Residents of Dallas and neighboring Metroplex cities awoke this morning to find the air filled with countless sticky, silky white strands of an unknown nature. "Relax," says CBS DFW, "it’s just spiders."
Meteorologist Freaks Out On Air After Giant Spider Lands on Her Head
Global News meteorologist Kristi Gordon was caught off guard last week when a sudden downpour of spiders resulted in a particularly large creepy crawler landing on her head.
Think Nemo's Bad? In Brazil It's Raining Spiders
What's that? You're worried about a little snow falling on your head? How adorable.
