A spider in my bed!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Last night, just before turning the light out and going to bed, I felt something crawl along my foot. So of course I twitched and jerked my foot.

Then of course I immediately thought nothing of it.

Then about 2 minutes later I felt something crawling on my leg, which again caused a twitch, as well as an instinctive slap with my right hand and the feeling like I swatted something off of me.

I figured the something was a spider and lept from bed to look for the hopefully stunned creature somewhere on the floor.

I spent a good .95 second looking when I decided I might as well get the light and go to bed.

Flash forward 4 hours and a couple lame dreams and I awake to something in my ear. Again I have the instinctive twitch and swat with my right hand. Being awake, but also groggy, I decided to get up and grab a drink, not really thinking much about whatever the hell woke me and caused me to swat my ear.

As I come back to bed with a glass of water, I decide to first turn the light on and check out the floor to see what the hell I swatted.

As my eyes tiredly glanced at the floor they picked up movement on my pillow… the movement of a brown spider; one of those large wolf spiders.

So that little bastard did exist!

The damn thing was crawling on the edge of my base pillow (I sleep with two pillows under my head). I looked around for something to swat it, kinda hesitant that I would again just lose the damn thing. So I grabbed a thick roll of plans and hit the intruder with full force, smashing it against my pillow.

That was about 32 minutes ago. I still feel all creeped out about having the damn thing crawling all over me. I don’t think there is anyway I am going to fall back to sleep.

Seriously, my freak’n skin is crawling right now. Ewwww! I’ve felt something tickle my ear about 10 times while writing this, although there is quite clearly nothing there. Nor is there anything walking across my arm or leg, despite feeling it.

I think this may cause my head to explode.

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Aaarrrrgggggghhhh. I wouldn’t be able to sleep after that, either. Good Og.
:: shudders ::

3

I would just have to nuke the house from orbit and start over. Of course, my husband would have to peel me off the ceiling first.

4

Meh, we just move them off the bed and toss them back out the window.

As you can tell neither of us is particularly bothered by spiders.

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Such typical selfish human thought processes. Did you ever think that maybe the spider was having a peaceful evening searching for bugs, only to be creeped out by a huge GIANT laying in its way? The thing would have probably swatted you had it the chance, so count your blessings that although it might have eight feet, we are more feet tall.

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Well, I wasn’t thinking she was Drow. But maybe the spider was…? :eek: :smiley:

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Just think of all the tickly places between your leg and ear that didn’t wake you up!

An experience with spiders in my bed is the starting point of my phobia.

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Liar! Spiders are mysteriously unable to walk on bedding or pillows.
jams fingers into ears, commences rocking and whimpering

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Maybe the reason why your ear tickles is that it laid eggs inside

Try going to sleep now! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Well, at least it wasn’t bed bugs.

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Aw, man! Now I’m itching and paranoid.

I’m afraid I agree with some people here. I’d give up the bed, the room, the house/apartment and go live somewhere else.

BTW, I googled “wolf spider.” Are they REALLY that big? AAAAAAaaaaaaaahh!

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I’d say it was about an inch long.

It took me a good hour before I finally fell asleep. Without a doubt, the most cringe inducing episode I have ever had.

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Yep you got lucky it was a spider

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This, unfortunately, reminds me of Act Two from the Fear Of Sleep episode of This American Life.

In all seriousness, if the OP’s tale disturbs you, DO NOT listen to this story. (Note: Immediate link contains only summary description)

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I wouldn’t be sleeping in that room until it had been bug bombed. Sorry, I believe in full-on nuclear warfare, especially against spiders. I’ll probably have bad dreams about this, and it wasn’t even my experience! Yeesh!

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Spiders are our friends. Spiders eat all sorts of bugs including bed bugs. It was in your bed & it was looking pretty heathy pre-squash, right? Hmm, I wonder what it was living on…

Sleep tight, but wake up sober…

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Please, please, please do not let me wake with a spider in my ear, or anywhere else. Thanks!