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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMan who tried to kill spider by setting it alight starts apartment fire.
A man who tried to kill a spider by setting it alight accidentally started an apartment fire after the burning arachnid reportedly ran under a mattress.
Fire fighters in Redding, northern California, battled the blaze for 20 minutes on Sunday after residents tried and failed to put the flames out with a garden hose.
A witness living in the flat told local newspaper the Redding Record Searchlight that a resident used a torch lighter a cigarette lighter with a powerful flame to burn a huge wolf spider in an upstairs bedroom.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-kills-spider-set-alight-starts-apartment-fire-accident-wolf-spider-redding-california-a8149521.html
Ohiogal
(32,196 posts)are terrifying. I might try to set one on fire, too.
Saw one in my bathroom last fall ... My brave son trapped it in a glass and took it outside.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,717 posts)Eugene
(61,974 posts)At least the third time since 2014.
TlalocW
(15,394 posts)Shot a spider... inside the house.
He was in the living room, cleaning his guns, when he saw a large spider on the wall in the dining room. He apparently got it - not sure since there was nothing left. That's extreme arachnophobia.
TlalocW