Funny Friday Memories

This incident took place almost exactly 2 years ago.

Tyler came home from work one day with some interesting news. Some guys he worked with told him about an old underground spider colony located just a few miles from where we lived. There were thousands of spiders living underground. They were huge, giant spiders. Incidentally, homes were starting to be built upon this spider colony. Holes were being dug for basements, and ruining the spiders homes, where they had lived underground for hundreds of years. The giant spiders were now free to run around above ground.

Next to this new neighborhood, were some apartment buildings. Many of the giant spiders decided to call these apartments their new home. The guys at Tyler's work told him that the spiders were so big, you could actually see them climbing over all the buildings from the road. Of course when he told me that, I insisted we get in the car right away and drive out to the apartment buildings to see them. So, off we went. It was already starting to get too dark to see anything. Before we knew it, we were there. I was so scared! At first we didn't see anything. It was too dark. We thought they would be crawling on the ground. Finally we looked up and saw one near the top of the building. Then we saw another, and another! They were huge! There was a spider above almost every window.

I worried that they would make their way to our home eventually. Tyler assured me they wouldn't, but I just knew a spider that big could probably travel fast. I worried about the spiders every day. Every time we went anywhere near the apartments, I insisted Tyler drive past them to see if the spiders were still there. They were. This went on for 3 to 4 weeks. The constant worry and fear of the giant spiders was building in me.

Eventually I told my brother Ryan about the over sized spiders. My brother was freaked out, but was determined that he was going to catch one. He talked my mom into driving him out there so he could catch one. Ryan had everything he needed, a net, a jar, gloves, & etc. He had his net out, and started digging through the bushes in hopes to find one lurking in the dark. People started giving my mom and Ryan funny looks. Finally my mom asked an onlooker, "Do you know anything about these giant spiders?" the apartment tenant replied, "Oh yes, they put those fake spiders up to scare the birds away."

Picturing Ryan (net in hand) running after fake spiders with my mom right behind... It cracks me up!