Siren & Brian

Ok, I had really, really, really hoped that I would be one of those people who never actually SAW a huntsman in real life and would be suitably sympathetic when I saw a "First huntsman" thread.
"Not me." (I said) "Been here almost 2 years and not a peep."
Well.....

Tonight, I graciously offered to pick up my daughter and her friend from a party to let the other half get his well deserved beauty sleep.
Nothing exciting happened on the way there... I sat patiently in the car waiting for her to exit the house. As soon as they had both closed their doors (and I had changed gears to "D") a BIGASS FRICKEN SPIDER crawled down the windscreen.

Needless to say, we all jumped out of the car as fast as humanly possible and thankfully, I had the good sense to put it back in park and pull the hand break. (Imagine the car rolling gently down the street into the park.)

After 5 minutes of the party girls mum hugging me (I was shaking and she was very sympathetic) and trying to convince me that it was gone (I was asking for a torch to check) she advised me to turn on the air con full blast - freeze the bugger!

Chloe (said daughter) PROMISED that she had seen it crawl over the windscreen wipers (hence OUTSIDE the car as opposed to inside waiting for me to return so it could smile a big spidery smile and chuckle at my hilarity.)

I managed to drive home though I refused to drive her friend home first - thanks goodness a sleepover had already been in the works!

Now... the question is... how do I make sure it didn't crawl under the bonnet and it presently laying eggs in my engine??

No sleep for me tonight And I bet DH hears about this first on this thread (still sleeping) so if you see this dear, check the car before you leave in the morning. Oh! and maybe stop at bunnings for some industrial strenth spider killer!

Siren (Shaken AND stirred!)

Stitch

I must apologise for PMSL but the way you described it just did it for me!

That's one of my biggest fears and knowing my luck will happen. Hope you got to Bunnings Ok.

Cheers

Ginny

herrchook

OMG PMSL - That is exactly how I think I would have reacted too!!! My next step would be to get hubby to either have the entire car dipped in a super container full of spider killer, or sell it!! I kid you not. If I ever get a visa, it will be hottly followed by a series of visits to a hypnotherapist!!!!!!!

DollyDaydream

Always, but always have a flame thrower, fire extinguisher, industrial sized hairspray, rubber mallet and a priest (to administer last rites due to the heart attack) in the boot of your car....mate my car is going be stuffed with anti-huntsman deterants...... The kids'll have to ride on a skateboard tied to the towbar

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Rooksie

you do make me laugh

oliverandlisa

Id have been the same but still cant help having a chuckle at you!

possoms

all of a sudden london zoo sucks

Hutch

lol - they live in trees - I reckon the chances of them opting for a scalding hot engine enclosure to raise a family to be pretty remote.

artep

I had my first 'encounter' with a huntsman last night. As he was just going to bed last night my 15 year old found one on his bedroom blind. It was a struggle to find a jug large enough for all its legs plus the hobnail boots to fit in! I had to get my other half to catch it....it was all I could do to be in the same room :scared:

Hey and they don't half shift don't they?

gedge

lol - I feel for you Siren.
We had a similar experience in our car.
Going through the car wash, when suddenly a huge spider runs out of the ac vents and scurries across the dashboard!!!
It sits there looking at us frozen to our seats with no escape for any of us.
I grab the map book, but due to the angle of the windscreen can't get a good enough swing at it.
So there was nothing else to do but wait till the wash finished, then leap out of the car. I managed to coax it out with the pointy end of a brolly.
A stranger sight at the carwash has never been seen.

svinnes

I have only been here 3 months and have yet to encounter this horrible specimen. I have already been bitten by the redback. But what i need to know is that the australian seems to tell me they are as big as dinner plates. Think this could be bending the truth a little (hopefully). could any one that has seen the huntsman, Please tell me this is not true, I gather when i encounter it, I am gonna see and be able to tell its a Huntsman.
Suzanne

Siren & Brian

Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah! The way you tell is that it's bigger than any spider you've ever seen! (Although dinner plate size is a slight exaggeration) I would have guessed this one to be about the size of my hand (fingers spread) including it's legs. Probably a bit small in comparison to some but big enough to see hair *shudder, shudder, cringe, cringe *

In retrospect, the whole experience was pretty funny but at the time I couldn't stop shaking and was convinced that if I sat in the car it was going to crawl on me. (Knowing of course, as they do, that I would be the one to freak out and lose control of the car)

Chloe told me she'd kill it if it showed up again while I was driving but I didn't believe that for a second, cause she was out of the car faster than I was when it first showed up...... and she ran further

Siren (Better in the fresh light of morning)

brisnick

hehe. the fear of spiders is something i have never understood.

svinnes

Fear of spiders is an under statement, I couldn't even kill the little buggers in the u.k, I had to get my mates up to deal with them. My ears go deaf and i totally freeze, So i think when i see this big mother looks like i will be heading home if i don't have a heart attack first that is.
Suzanne

brisnick

the only time i don't like spiders is when they crawl into your mouth while you are asleep.