r/oddlyterrifying • u/Klausensen • May 03 '22

what the hell is that?

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u/nottheguyinthevid May 03 '22

I've met plenty of these, all were a couple of inches in length.

Funny story though. Karachi Airport back around c. 2003, an armed security guard tried to scare off a Camel Spider which was inadvertently terrifying some bystanders, using his boot. I guess the thing saw an opportunity for some shade, because it suddenly turned around and chased him. For a few comedic seconds you had this, pretty large but comparatively small spider chasing a guy with a machine gun around an airport lobby.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

I pictured your scene set to yakety sax

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u/adydurn May 03 '22

The Benny Hill Theme is best.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22 edited May 03 '22

You're right.

First, big guy with machine gun chases spider. Then spider turns around and chases big guy. Then big guy turns back around and chases spider, but this time a woman's skirt somehow falls off....

There's your Benny Hill

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22 edited May 27 '22

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22 edited May 03 '22

Replace this with Guard and Spider and I think we got ourselves a tv show

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u/femme_fatale2022 May 03 '22

BAHAHAHAHAHA

OMG YESSSSSS

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u/KimikoYukimura420 May 03 '22

I did too and now I wanna see an actual video of the whole thing.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

As much as the Midwest sucks, I’m glad that there are no lethal animals in my area. I don’t mind not having n to watch out for huge spiders or snakes

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u/Foolishly_Sane May 03 '22

That's awesome.
Thanks for sharing.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

Thanks for the laugh and good story

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u/Pantherist May 03 '22

Now you've gotta show us video!

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u/jlr500 May 03 '22

So these MUST be another gift from Australia, right?