Late Night Visitor

[turkeyrun]

We see tarantulas regularly. Had 1 (or several generations of the first) that lived just off our front porch. I would turn the porch light on and see "Charlie" cross the cross the porch and climb the wall. "Charley" hung around the front porch for 12 years.

I had a spot on the back of my hand. It never hurt, but was nasty looking and kept growing. Showed it to Dr. He had nothing. I was convinced it was a 🕷 spider bite. It kept getting bigger. Was larger than a dime and started running the hottest water I could stand from the sink faucet. Let the water run over the spot for 15 minutes. Next day, the spot looked better. Slowly healed and left scar or mark. It never hurt, but itched like crazy from day 1, up to when I applied hot water.

Through the years, I have seen and killed 4 scorpions in the house. 2 I didn't see, got me before I got them.

Tarantulas I don't bother, scorpions die on sight with no remorse.

 

[RickN]

At the OKCGC there was one at the plinking range and one at the handgun range I used to see at times. I think the one at the plinking range lived on one of the old telephone poles they had for a curb. At least I would see it there most often. I called him George.

 

[C_Hallbert]

You know that you’re married to a country girl when she finds a full grown tarantula a
on a spare roll of toilet paper while she’s sitting in the bathroom and she shows it to you while she’s carrying it out on it to let it go free.

 

[beardking]

Saw this big guy climbing the wall of my shop last night. It's only the 2nd tarantula I've seen since living here. Kinda creepy, but still fascinating.

Man, I wish you had named your video differently. I was going to send a link to the video to a friend of mine that is scared of spiders. But with that name he'll never open the link. :-)

 

[TerryMiller]

Man, I wish you had named your video differently. I was going to send a link to the video to a friend of mine that is scared of spiders. But with that name he'll never open the link. :-)

Send this to your friend...

 

[dennishoddy]

I saw this one in our yard right before the wife took a rock to it. I let them be.

 

[SoonerP226]

If the embedded start time doesn't work, jump to 1:44.

 

[wolfman1]

Are you going to try to "home him out" to someone on OSA?

Don't bother asking me. The wife wouldn't agree with "homing" him/her.

So youre saying the spider is non binary?

 

[wolfman1]

Down around the surrounding Lawton area you would have to try hard not to see those tarantulas in the summertime.

Since I’ve been up here in the city I’ve seen only one and the little ninja bit me.
Id compared it to taking a nail and hammering your finger. SOB that hurt. That sucker knew he screwed up and I’ve never seen a spider run so fast. I was about to jolly green giant fee fi fo fum him into a spider pancake.

I've been i Lawton for about 18 months and havent seen one yet.

 

[wolfman1]

We see tarantulas regularly. Had 1 (or several generations of the first) that lived just off our front porch. I would turn the porch light on and see "Charlie" cross the cross the porch and climb the wall. "Charley" hung around the front porch for 12 years.

I had a spot on the back of my hand. It never hurt, but was nasty looking and kept growing. Showed it to Dr. He had nothing. I was convinced it was a 🕷 spider bite. It kept getting bigger. Was larger than a dime and started running the hottest water I could stand from the sink faucet. Let the water run over the spot for 15 minutes. Next day, the spot looked better. Slowly healed and left scar or mark. It never hurt, but itched like crazy from day 1, up to when I applied hot water.

Through the years, I have seen and killed 4 scorpions in the house. 2 I didn't see, got me before I got them.

Tarantulas I don't bother, scorpions die on sight with no remorse.

When I lived in Texas we used to catch scorpions and put them on a sidewalk, then take a can of lighter fluid and make a circle around them. then make the circle smaller and smaller until they would bow up and sting themselves in the head. We were mean little bast***s