Spider Forces Family Out of Home

[Monkey]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7585391.stm

Spider forces family out of home


A soldier's family have been frightened out of their home by a spider thought to have been brought to Essex from Afghanistan in a kitbag.

Lorraine Griffiths and her three children have moved out of their house in Colchester, the RSPCA said.

They are refusing to return until the large sandy-coloured creature, thought to be a camel spider, is captured.

An RSPCA spokeswoman confirmed they had visited the house but failed to locate the creature.

"If it is the spider they believe it is, then normally they don't attack humans, but they could give a painful bite," the spokeswoman said.

Mrs Griffiths believes the spider got to the UK in a kitbag brought home in June by her husband, Rodney, 32, when he returned from Afghanistan.

He is now back there on a further tour of duty.

She said the spider was seen in her bedroom by her two elder children, aged 18 and 16, and an electrician working at their home.

"They identified the spider using the internet," she said.



Here's a video of this NASTY spider:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7585914.stm


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[Homer]

Is it the "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

[Tara]

Ew. Yuck.

[arniebear]

She said the spider was seen in her bedroom by her two elder children, aged 18 and 16, and an electrician working at their home.

So why didn't they step on it  <..>

[Mayhem]

I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to step on a camel spider ...



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[Tara]

Yikes! That things huge!

[fishinlady]

I think I would of seen that in my kit bag......god I hate spiders and snakes :OO

[arniebear]

I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to step on a camel spider ...

Definitely need something bigger for those

[cranky]

 ?.? i think i just wet my pants when i saw that big spider omg !! i would not return to that house either. :"

[Nydsomi]

OMG how did that thing sneak into his bag?! If I saw that in my home I would leave to!!

[LittleFawn]

I am with you on that one. That is an awfully big spider. I do not like spiders. I think I would have left too.

[cranky]

i don't think it was that big when it crawled  into his bag i think that's how big it can get ! lol

[leeanne172]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, forget leaving the house, I would have left the city lol

[cranky]

lol too  funny!