[avg_freeper]

I saw something weird this morning. As I was driving to work I saw what appeared to be a big crab walking across the road. May be it was a hermit crab or something because I think I saw a shell of some sort on its back. I live in kind of a swampy area in south Paulding county in Georgia. Are those native to this area?

[dawn53]

Sounds like a land crab.

We lived in the Caymans for a couple years and there were huge land crabs there. They would get into your house sometimes and hide in the closets, then in the middle of the night you'd hear this scratching. First time I had one in the house, I thought we had a rat in the house, but it turned out to be a crab.

Just googled "land crab" and "georgia" and came up with this link. Check out the last listing on the bottom of the page, they seem to have invaded your "ecosystem".

http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/georgia/press/press906.html

[catpuppy]

I saw what appeared to be a big crab walking across the road.

It may have been Teddy Kennedy.