A few nights ago we had an intense encounter. We came home late, I walked in first and left the door open since Katelyn was coming in close behind me. Next thing I know she’s screaming bloody murder and pointing and I see something dark and about the size of a rat crawl under the bed! Her screaming scared me more than the mystery dark thing, but once I started thinking about it I was pretty uneasy about whatever it was. She finally managed to say that a “HUGE ASS SPIDER” had crawled under the bed. “Great” I’m thinking, “I’ve gotta fish a mondo-spider out from under the bed and kill it somehow.” As I ventured closer, I actually saw the thing near the bed, not under (thank God, that’s way easier). This is what I saw:
Yea, forgive the language but that is a HUGE ASS SPIDER! Tarantula to be exact. (If the title didn’t give it away for ya) “Go back into the car, lock the door, do whatever you gotta do to feel safe, I’ll take care of this” I say, and she does. Now, this thing is big enough that the thought of stepping on it makes me queasy, I’d definitely make a mess on the floor, a mess on my shoes and I’d feel some pretty nasty crunches, so I decided to find something to catch it with. I went for a pot at first, but nothing was deep enough. A vase! There we go. So, I walk over to it and sloooooowly lower this vase down over it, then lunge the vase at the ground. Caught! I then proceed to put a piece of paper under the vase and flip it around. Man, this thing is huge and nasty. I realize Tarantulas aren’t poisonous, but there’s something about all spiders that just creeps most people out, especially big ones, and this one is no exception. It started trying to crawl out and got a little too close for my liking, so I covered it with a creme bru le jar. Threat: nuetralized. Now it’s time for some fun.
What then? Well, the spider won’t be finding it’s way into our house again, let’s just leave it at that.
that is absolutely disgusting.. that is a BIG ass spider!! how come katelyn didnt tell me about this already? man oh man, that is nasty.
Tarantulas are the best! We get them out by our house all the time. I hope you didn’t kill him…
It wasn’t his fault he got lost and found his way into your house. I’m sure he wanted to be there just about as much as you did. Tarantulas are the good spiders. They are on our side! They eat other poisonous spiders and bugs and can be really friendly when you aren’t completely terrified of them and threatening to squash them with a shovel or something like that. They do have large fangs though under their mustaches. But a T bite is about as bad as a mild bee sting. Besides that Tarantulas never attack anything larger than half the size of their body. I found one on a trail once and picked him up and carried him home with my bare hands. Mr. T was our pet for some time until I decided he would be happier in his natural habitat. So basically I have a soft spot for these spiders. They are the kind fuzzy giants of the spider world. 
Next time you find one give me a call and I’d be happy to take him into custody. We could use some more spider killing spider at our house!
Holy %&#! that ain’t funny. I’m never moving to California. Or visiting.
@ brandonmer Whoa, seriously that was fascinating! I won’t tell you that I killed it, but I don’t suggest you come check. I like where we live and I’m pretty sure if that ever happened again Katelyn would never sleep in our house again!
reminds me of that old school movie arachnophobia! ugh. still love the movie though.