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Woman Totals Her Car When She Finds Spider on Rearview Mirror
New York Post ^ | 21 Sep 2016

Posted on 09/22/2016 5:53:35 AM PDT by nickcarraway

An eight-legged passenger caused a rollover crash Wednesday in Portland, Oregon that totaled a car, according to local authorities.

The driver lost control after a spider fell from the rearview mirror, causing her to panic and swerve off the road into a ditch, reported news station WSBT.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arachnid; arachnids; arachnophobia; cars; spider; spiders
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To: Tax-chick
My youngest niece would enjoy one.

Should I tell her to never never show it to her grandmother or let her find out the hard way?

41 posted on 09/22/2016 5:32:39 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: nickcarraway

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/spider_bite_brown_recluse_spider_bite/page12_em.htm#pictures_of_brown_recluse_spider_bite_first_nine_days


42 posted on 09/22/2016 5:35:56 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Oh, the latter, I’m sure.


43 posted on 09/22/2016 6:50:24 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The coming of a Cthulhu presidency will be heralded by a worldwide wave of madness.)
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To: Tax-chick

Well if you hear a bone chilling scream from the north you will know what happened.


44 posted on 09/22/2016 6:56:35 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

LOL! As I always say, “Give it a name, make it a friend.”


45 posted on 09/22/2016 6:57:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The coming of a Cthulhu presidency will be heralded by a worldwide wave of madness.)
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To: COBOL2Java
My Son-in-Law had to deal with Camel Spiders when he was on his Iraq tours...

Very cool!

Here in Florida we have to deal with Banana Spiders. Harmless, but they always put their web in a spot where you are sure to walk into it. (The spiders are pretty big and love to crawl all over you after you walk into the web)

golden silk orb-weaver spider

The Biggest Spiders In Florida

46 posted on 09/23/2016 5:12:33 AM PDT by Jed Eckert (Trump/Pence ***Make America Great Again***)
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To: Jed Eckert
In Hawaii they've got the Coconut Spiders (aka Coconut Crab). Big critters...



47 posted on 09/23/2016 5:18:53 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary's screeching voice is like the pipe organs of hell)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

My daughter was bitten by a brown recluse, they are nasty little critters.


48 posted on 09/23/2016 5:29:54 AM PDT by kalee
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