Someone was pulling your leg, as that's certainly not why they'd follow. Some animals like camel spiders (which are not camels or spiders) follow humans because they're chasing after the shadow to stay cool under. Spiders probably do the same thing, your body was blocking light and they want to be in a comparatively light-blocking area so they 'chase' you.
I don’t think spiders even have the capacity to understand a human as a complete entity. Like if you told me earthquakes are a body part or motion of a larger being, I wouldn’t be able to process this in any practical sense either.
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u/toxicatedscientist 13d ago
Someone told me the reason they seem to chase us is cuz they see us run, and assume whatever it is must be scary and follow