Posted on 09/10/2015 4:59:55 AM PDT by JoeProBono
TROY, Mich., - A Michigan woman who bought grapes from a Walmart store said she discovered a venomous black widow spider in the package.
Ariel Jackson, 25, said she bought the perforated package of grapes from a Walmart Supercenter in Troy and she discovered the spider when she started washing the fruit.
"She was screaming about a huge spider, and everyone was like, 'Calm down, it's probably nothing,'" Jackson's boyfriend, Michal Frank, 26, told ABC News. "But we took a closer look and lo and behold, it's a black widow. It had the red hourglass-shaped spot on its belly."
Jackson said she called 911.
"I told them that 'this isn't really an emergency, but I have a Black Widow spider in my grapes and I don't really know what to do,'" Jackson told WWJ-TV. "He kind of just paused and was like, 'kill it' and I was like 'you want me to kill it? You're not going to send anyone over?' This is a poisonous spider and he's like, 'yeah, just kill it and throw it away.'"
Frank said it took "quite a few sprays" of insect killer to fell the spider.
"It was definitely frightening," Frank said. "My girlfriend is still definitely shaken up. The smallest little things freak her out now. I mean, it's not every day you see a black widow spider."
Frank said a Walmart employee told them to bring the package back with the spider for a refund, but they decided to just throw it away. Frank said he and Jackson would "still really appreciate an apology from Walmart."
Walmart issued a statement responding to the incident.
"Our stores have procedures in place to help ensure products meet our high expectations for fresh, quality food. We take food safety seriously and encourage customers to work with store management so that appropriate measures can be taken to fully understand what may have happened."
They're very common here in the Kali desert....these people are using the wrong stuff; "Demon" (a powder to mix with water) offs 'em within seconds....and a direct hit isn't necessary, as is the case with the likes of Raid.
LOL. The rest of the story, as Paul Harvey said.
I stuffed towels under the bedroom door and slept with one eye open and an axe in the bed beside me, along with my trusty watch cat, Fraidy.
Next morning, I examined the cabinet and found a gap behind the dishwasher. Threw in some mothballs, nailed and caulked it shut.
No more nocturnal snake visits.
Heck, I have black widers that are bigger than them grapes.
I don’t have to go anymore... Ever. Again.
That toilet must be really really small.
When SHTF, that woman isn’t going to be among the survivors.
This is a hilarious, spider based “magic trick” clip, and the woman just lost it.
http://i.imgur.com/9KTzrUw.gifv
Brake or carb cleaner zaps ‘em pretty good as well...when our son was a toddler and played outside regularly, I’d go out about 2x a month at night with a flashlight and my weapon of choice and zap about a dozen or so that had set up residence in his Tonkas, tricycle, etc...persistent critters.
So effectively you could still have a snake in your house somewhere? Don’t snakes eat like once a year and then crawl off to sleep? Freaking nuts. My husband would have been living there by himself. I’m renting a condo. Holy crap. I am officially freaking out for you. When did this happen?
This happened about 5 years ago. No snake inside the house since.
Although there’s one that bops down the driveway occasionally.
The trick is to move yourself out of its way, pronto. If it can get away from you, it will. If you corner it, it has no choice but to bite.
Thanks for worrying.
Bops. That’s so cute. okay well since it has been five years I won’t worry. However I would like to know what kind of snake bops down the driveway? I am one of those people that believes that a snake may not be poisonous and can’t hurt you but can make you hurt yourself by moving yourself out of its way. Like in front of a car or off a cliff or into a raging river or off the ladder in the barn.
I hate you.
Oh I’m not gonna fall off a cliff or make any sudden, foolish moves. I’m gonna move verrrry stealthily...and let the snake mosey along on his way.
(Bop=mosey.) I’m cool, he cool, we cool. Not sure what kind of snake. Maybe he’s a beatnik snake. He’s so cool he wears sunglasses and a beret when he bops...
We have both black widow and brown recluse in my area. I kill one of the two at least once a month. They seem to appear after rainstorms.
That is crazy cute. Bop = mosey
I hate you even more! :)
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