Posted on 08/31/2013 4:22:53 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: How FOUR cops rushed to kill spider in wheelchair-bound teen's home after she called 911 fearing it could have killed her
Police in Portland, Oregon, received an unusual call earlier this month when a teenager phoned requesting assistance to deal with a ‘massive’ spider.
The caller, Makenna Sewell, wasn’t a prankster or someone with an extreme phobia of spiders, but instead suffers from muscular dystrophy and is wheelchair-bound.
She believed the spider was a brown recluse, a species with venom so toxic that it could have been deadly for her compromised immune system.
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Sewell was home alone on August 16 when she saw the creature, which she described as being about three inches across.
Just a few days prior, her mom Shawnda had been bitten by a spider on the back of her leg during the night, which had resulted in a nasty wound and a trip to the emergency room.
Initially Sewell tried to call her mother, her father, the friends her parents were with, her own friends and two neighbors.
When she couldn’t reach anyone, Sewell decided to call the non-emergency police hotline as a last resort.
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Little Miss Muffett?
My friend was bitten on the hand. She came close to needing an amputation and has permanently lost the use of some of the fingers.
She lived on the Upper Eastern Shore in Maryland.
Please read my post #102.
Hitchhiking is a possibility, but we have had warning over the years, expecially any shoes/boots left in the garage, and shoes and slippers....Have a happy labor day weekend...:O)
OK, I read it. Now what?
Did the police shoot at the barking spider?
While not quite the critter in my boat.....I’d make him a land-lubber fer sure. :)
Black Widows and Brown Recluse, are the only bad spiders that I know of throughout the US, but I do see mention of the Hobo Spider in the Pacific northwest.
Alex@, your courage is something I can only dream of. The idea of even getting close enough to slap a plastic bowl over it . . . and slide cardboard under it . . . and actually CARRY it . . . ! I think it would be easier just to sell the house and move to another state, leaving all of my possessions behind.
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