Well it was only a matter of time. What the !@#$%^& is this?? (live, garage)

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by twojulybabies

No, here's what happened:

The cat got out of the house. I was smoking on the back patio and of course everyone had to come out with me. When the 7 yr old opened the door, she bolted. She scaled the wall (like she did a few days ago). So we all ran in to grab the flashlight.

We went out the front door and I headed towards the garage to set off the motion detector light. The 7 yr old said, OMG mommy, what's that?

I saw the big-as-a-car spider, and thought to myself that I have to take care of the spider before I look for the cat. So I calmly, as to not scare the kids, told them to back up while I headed for the foyer to grab the push broom.

Then, I headed for the spider, and I swear to God, thought...Steve-O will haunt me if I kill this thing, so I decided to just shoo it as far as I could.

Then we looked for the cat, the 10 yr old got her as usual. I looked for my camera, took a picture, spent 10 more minutes looking for the USB cable and here we are.

I can't believe you saw it in your house... I used to live in this area for a while. There's no open desert around. Right now I live pretty much IN the desert and disturbed desert at that (lots of construction work around) and still see only small species.

And a tip from me: forget Steve-o when you're under attack!

Now, I am just drinking heavily.

That's how all problems get solved! Cheers!

[twojulybabies]

Originally Posted by sierraAZ

I can't believe you saw it in your house... And a tip from me: forget Steve-o when you're under attack!

It was outside, but it was on my property, so that still counts!!!

How freaky, that I thought of Steve-O. Weird, I tell ya'.

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by twojulybabies

It was outside,

Yeah, I got that, but I'm still surprised.

[twojulybabies]

My problem was that I thought from another thread, that they only hide in mailboxes.....and alas, I was without my water bottle.

[ZonyPony]

Originally Posted by twojulybabies

My problem was that I thought from another thread, that they only hide in mailboxes.....and alas, I was without my water bottle.

Truth be told...

Sometimes they enjoy slippin' down the mailbox post, and will join a recently moved-in family - purely as a "welcome wagon" moment.

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by zonypony

truth be told...

Sometimes they enjoy slippin' down the mailbox post, and will join a recently moved-in family - purely as a "welcome wagon" moment.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/i...y-laughing.gif

[Chowhound]

While I'm not an Arachnologist, I didn't think that Tarantulas were actually dangerous to humans??

Am I wrong desert dwellers?

Of course they look pretty freakin scary

[ZonyPony]

Most everything you most likely didn't want to know about tarantulas, and had been mostly afraid to ask about...

[twojulybabies]

Originally Posted by ZonyPony

Truth be told...

Sometimes they enjoy slippin' down the mailbox post, and will join a recently moved-in family - purely as a "welcome wagon" moment.

Great, well where's my presents, then?

[ZonyPony]

Originally Posted by twojulybabies

Great, well where's my presents, then?

Might wanna go find "Mr T" and ask him!