tarantulas


not sleepwalking per se, more like sleep-beating-yourself-senseless....

When i was about 9 or 10 my uncle came to live with us... with his 2 full grown boa constrictors and 3 turantulas.

The boas were lovely,affable and affectionate. We had two large rubber plants on either side of our couch where they would repose, and as you would relax an said couch as one does, they would slither down upon your neck and chill out and watch a bit of telly with you. Appropriately enough we would fail to mention this to guests, as they would make themselves comfortable, but that is for another QOTW...

One morning we awake to find two of the three tarantulas missing from thier confines. much searching and dismantling of the house ensues, to no avail. it seems we have a couple new roomates. i'm not really cool with this.

I *awake* in the middle of the night as an undisclosed lump climbs under my covers from the foot of the bed and slowly makes it's way up my legs to my wee man parts...cue me beating the shit out of my poor willy and the like in a fit of terror until i *awoke*, never to find slumber again that night ( and fitfull nights thereafter).

next day we found the two unfortunates frozen stiff in the backyard, as it was winter, and i live in canada, back when winters were proper.

still not a big fan of spiders

length about 12 feet or 12 inches, depends on the weather.
(goorf, Fri 24 Aug 2007, 5:18, Reply)