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FUCK ME - You will not believe what just happened to me!

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PurpleToeNail · 21/04/2022 19:41

ShockShockShock There I was, driving home, minding my own business.... When a fucking gargantuan large spider crawled down the windscreen right in the centre of my view! Then I realised it was on the INSIDE. 😳I had to turn into side road super quick, stick my hazards on, grab a tissue & fling the thing out the window.... Arghhhhhh.

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Moochio · 21/04/2022 19:42

Omg!

GingerDuo · 21/04/2022 19:43

Would have made my day I love spiders!

Nomores · 21/04/2022 19:45

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TheYearOfSmallThings · 21/04/2022 19:45

I have often thought this might be the way I die. Imagine if that happened when you were doing 80mph overtaking an HGV on a windy day Shock

TheNewUpdateIsShit · 21/04/2022 19:45

That was in a programme I watched once and the woman careered off the road and crashed 😂

spiders don’t bother me but I appreciate the shock must’ve been scary.

PurpleToeNail · 21/04/2022 19:50

In the first second I saw it I thought it was outside, so I was urgh but ok. Then I realised it was inside & eeeeek. Gosh I couldn't imagine how bad that would've been on a motorway. I'd have had to squash it. 😝Couldn't risk it tootling up my leg...

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MintyGreenDream · 21/04/2022 19:51

I would have set fire to my car (insured)

saveforthat · 21/04/2022 19:51

My brother was once driving the whole family on a mountain road in Crete when a bug flew into his face and he swerved towards the mountain. Very grateful he did not swerve towards the drop.

UhtredsLatestPaganHussy · 21/04/2022 19:52

A spider.

I'm not gonna lie, OP, but I was expecting something more dramatic. Something more sizzling.

For example, you'd been propositioned by Les Dennis or Lee from Blue in Sainsbury's frozen food aisle.

AlternativePerspective · 21/04/2022 19:52

<wonders how long it will be before someone says this thread needs a trigger warning>. [Grin]

LittleRedYoshi · 21/04/2022 19:53

It might just be an urban legend, but I've heard that spiders cause more deaths by car crashes than by venomous bites.

Mollyplop999 · 21/04/2022 19:54

Very brave, I'd have crashed the car!

MyBottleOfRibena · 21/04/2022 19:54

I know a girl who had a seagull fly in to the car when she was driving. It shit everywhere before she got it out

LoveSpringDaffs · 21/04/2022 19:56

Not quite what I was expecting! (More along the lines of taken for a drink by a really famous, sexy, bloke... winning the 'whatever litter is on tonight'...

but well done for not crashing (or squishing him)!!

Campervangirl · 21/04/2022 19:56

"tooting up my leg"
Hilarious, absolutely howling here 😂

AllOverIt · 21/04/2022 19:56

Horrific

Ohshitiveturnedintomymother · 21/04/2022 19:59

That is my worst nightmare OP! I think I’d cry and panic much more than you did!
several times I’ve had bees fly into my car in the summer when I’ve had the windows open, but luckily always locally when I’m going slowly so I can panic and not crash too fast.
I agree with the PP who said they’d burn their car 😭

SophieSoSo · 21/04/2022 20:00

That’s happened to me before when I pulled my visor down and one fell out 😭Luckily I was on my street so I just left the engine running and jumped out until my dad rescued me.

I leave my visors down now.

Staffy1 · 21/04/2022 20:02

I would still be on the side of the road hoping it would make it’s own way out.

UrslaB · 21/04/2022 20:04

Burn the car. It is the only way to ensure it is dead and no little baby spiders with giant genes are breeding in your air vents.

Seriously though, you did well to not cause a wreck.

I totally understand your panic. The surprise is unpleasant. I was on the loo last year and heard the extractor fan above my head stutter. I looked up thinking there was a short I would have to see about fixing but then I saw this big spindly, hairy leg poke out of the extractor fan. I was so confused...then it turned into a scene out of a horror film. This massive spider crawled out of the fan!😨

A spider, so big, it caused the fan to stop.

It dropped down from the fan and landed on the floor between my legs.

Well, I lept up and staggered out of that bathroom mid job. Knickers and jeans around my ankles and shouting blue murder. My other half came running and when she saw the beast she closed the bathroom door in a hurry and helped me get myself to rights. I was honestly afraid it was big enough to open the dopr itself.

After a good laugh at the predicament I went back in there with a broom and murder on my mind. Spider Rex died a most brutal death.

I then went into the attic and sprayed the place down with spider repellant, lemon spray and vinegar. Then I set up numerous sticky insect traps, unscrewed the extractor fan and doused its innards with lemon juice.

The bathroom smells great and is still spider free.

I recommend dousing your car with citrus essential oils, insect repellent and some lemon juice in the vents....either that or burn it to the ground.

Minnimoomin · 21/04/2022 20:05

I had a mouse in the car once and it took three days to get it out. First time I saw it it was running around the passenger footwell, then it popped up a couple more times before hopping out the door of its own accord. Lesson: if you're taking garden waste to the tip, don't leave it out overnight.

AnnesBrokenSlate · 21/04/2022 20:06

Oh, I can beat this. A few years ago, I spotted a smaller spider inside the car. I couldn't pull over and it landed on my hand whilst I was driving. Then it bit me!

I had an allergic reaction to the bite and by the time I got to where I was going my hand was red and the bite site was infected. Luckily I was meeting my SIL who is one of those super organised people and carries a first aid kit in her bag so she had spray, cream and a dressing. It took at least a week for the swelling on my hand to go down. And it changed my attitude to spiders for life Shock

GCAcademic · 21/04/2022 20:07

It could have been worse. Could have been a wasp. All angry and buzzy.

Matchingcollarandcuffs · 21/04/2022 20:09

DD15 came retching into the room earlier, and quietly whispered next doors cat was in our garden with a rat in its mouth.

By the time I got upstairs to look out of the window or was back next door, sunbathing on the patio licking it's lips

enjoyingscience · 21/04/2022 20:11

This happened to me! Big bastard crawled out from behind the sun visor and sat right over my head. I was in the M4 so freaking out would have been fatal, had to get to the next lay-by to deal with it. No idea how it got there, but it was huge.

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