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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JR777" data-source="post: 3606761" data-attributes="member: 45725"><p>It's not a theory. At least not in the sense you're using the word. And a genuine necrotizing spider bite is far different from a simple boil, and would most definitely warrant some medical attention and possibly (gasp) antibiotics. Those are extremely rare, though. Fiddleback bites are rare to begin with, and most people don't react much to them. When people get boils they automatically claim it's a spider bite, partly because it makes it less embarrassing, so most boils are falsely attributed to fiddleback bites. 99.9% of the time it's MRSA and a simple boil, vs. the rare case of a horrific spider bite like what he described.</p></blockquote><p></p>