By eyes wide SHIT - 28/12/2013 01:37 - Australia

Today, I spotted a huge spider in my bedroom. I freaked out at first, but I managed to confront my arachnophobia and killed it with a book. I was ecstatic and went to tell my boyfriend. By the time I returned to my room, the "dead" spider had vanished. Now I'm too scared to sleep. FML
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Nyx_fml 23

Jesus. You're an arachnophobic living in Australia. FYL, OP.

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Exhaling 12

A spider vanished on my room a couple of days ago too. I am also extremely afraid of spiders so I decided to sleep in the living room other than my bed. Blegh.

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Luceyrosegray 14

I've done that multiple times, glad to know I'm not a complete weirdo :)

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DocBastard 38

Those huntsman spiders are ******* terrifying. Your best course of action is to move to Antarctica. No spiders there.

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iAlissa 34

I've heard they have bird-eating tarantulas down there too. Not my cup of tea.

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TunaFireStarter 16

I'm pretty darn sure there are no tarantulas on Antarctica. I've only heard of sea spiders down there.

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SmuggletheBudgie 15

Huntsmans are awesome you can pick them up and they rarely bite humans. Also having a huntsman in your room means no mosquitos which I would much prefer over having no spiders in the house. Also they're non venemous.

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botanistjessica 24

"Huntsman" are actually rather venomous, their fangs just aren't long enough to pierce human flesh.

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nesscafe_fml 17

I had a huntsman land on my head once. I've been scarred ever since.

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Levvy 22

#54: You seem to be confusing huntsmen spiders with harvestmen, as their fangs are plenty large enough to bite and cause minor infections. You are probably thinking of the myth about harvestmen (AKA "daddy longlegs") having deadly poison but tiny fangs - which is false on both counts, as they don't even HAVE fangs.

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nesscafe_fml 17

116- No, it was definitely a Huntsman spider. I live in Australia like OP and they are very common here. Google them, they can be huge.

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nesscafe_fml 17

Oh and 116- I meant emotionally scarred, not physically.

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Levvy 22

I was addressing post #54. I'm hardly denying huntsman spiders can land on peoples heads and scare the bejeesus out of them! I'm not quite sure what you inferred from my post, but none of your responses seem to actually address what I was saying, unless I am massively misinterpreting yours.

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Levvy 22

Ah. It looks like you may have misread 54 as 84 and thought I was responding to you.

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Levvy 22

Mistakes happen. It's all good. Happy new year!

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emxy92 22

And then there are the 7 spiders an average person swallows in their sleep...

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dreadbeat69 12

Speaking of statistics, I wonder how many times ridiculous "facts" get posted online every day?

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rocker_chick105 31

If you want to put "facts" up, at least put a timeframe... like, do we swallow 7 spiders in one night? A week? Year? The FML community MUST know!

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emxy92 22

I was telling an urban myth more than a "fact". I agree that if you want facts this isn't the place. I was always told it was in a year but other people will say different things.

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Crazc 15

how does one live in Australia and be afraid of spiders

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worldclassrager 39

Always and I mean always when you kill a spider make sure it's dead and dispose of it in some way where it can't hide...like flush if down the toilet or throw the remains out the window...

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XSeraphinX 18

No! Fire up the little shit! Remember that bug the climbed up another OP private parts? Kill them all with fire.

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Nikkitaria 9

When I read huge spider I imagined 2-3 cm. After I read Australia, I'm convinced it was at least 10 cm.

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ohnowhyme123 15

I paid my brother 20$ to kill a spider once

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Kstruggles 15

I had this happen to me as well. And it was in the hallway right outside my bedroom. I was freaked. But I did manage to pretend it hadn't disappeared.

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riashah 14

He's plotting a scheme to kill you now ! Paybacks a bitch :p

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SmuggletheBudgie 15

i'd say that description fits more nicely with humans personally.

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