Things that creep up on our troops in the night

[Jeff Murphy]

Pheewwwww!! Just another hoax, kinda like that cheap ZL-1 engine that keeps popping up:

Camel Spider

[55chevy]

That's still an F-n' big spider! Kind of reminds me of the night my Ex and I left her mothers house and pulled out and started up the road just to see this monstrosity crossing the road in the headlights.. I was only up to about 25mph so I hit the brakes and quickly backed up over it (not with the tires).. and got this thing in the headlights.. We got out and walked around the front to about within 5 feet of this beast as it just kept mozying on across the road about to the center line... I had never seen anything like it in the wild before! My Ex-wife and I stood there jaw-dropped as we watched the biggest, blackest, harriest Trantula Spider we'd ever seen just kept on walking toward me! This thing stood 6" tall and 10" across at least!! After a few "jesus H's" and some cuss words we got back in the truck and I backed up a few feet and attempted to squish it with the tire (but I think I missed it) as I drove on just so it didn't end up in someones back yard and eat their pet or something as it was heading for the neigbhorhood.. Man that was a sight!

[Mr70]

Sounds like your Mother-in-law had a Liquor cabinet.
That Poor Turtle.

[mahoy78spyder]

The two camel spiders I saw were nearly that big, but rest assured, what they're holding "are" a couple camel spiders. You never forget the sight of those ugly creatures. As for the claims of them screaching when moving, hopping, eating flesh, etc.... all I can tell you is, luckily I never found out first hand. I had another friend have a camel spider creep up on him at night and crawl onto his face while sleeping on the ground next to a flight line at Tallil Airfield in Iraq (former Iraqi air force base). The tickle on his face woke him up, he freaked out and flung it off his cheek, and didn't slept a wink the rest of the night!

Ken

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

All I can say is DAMN,I sure would hate to see one of those things in person!Those things are very UGLY.Sort of reminds me of someone I dated a long time ago!I have an uncle that was a tank commander during WWII,and he was stationed on some large Island that I do not remember,as his story goes they were driving down a makeshift road on the island and had the hatch closed due to snipers.Well he said the tank ran over something rather large and he opened the hatch to look and see and behind the tank he saw the biggest snake he had ever seen crawling off in the jungle.As he said the tank did not hurt the snake at all!My uncle said from that day on he never slept outside of that tank again,no matter how hot it it was he slept inside.He said the snake could have eaten a human easily! I guess I get my fear of snakes from my uncle because I am deathly afraid of snakes! no matter if it is real ,plastic,rubber,or what ever I just don't like them at all.Don't like those camel spiders neither!Our military people have to put up with enough stuff without those spiders and other creatures.God Bless all you Guys and Gals serving and that have served to give us our Freedom!

Bobby

[Belair62]

Rick you are a sick pup !!!

[55chevy]

Rick, I wish I HAD been drinkin that night.. Seriously that story is no $hit. Me and the Ex talked later about it and thought damn, we should've tried to catch it in a plastic tote or something.. might be worth some $$$ to someone.. It was either long gone or run over by then. It was a BIG boy.!

[mahoy78spyder]

**correction**... meant to say the two I saw "weren't" nearly that big, not "were", but anyhow, they "ARE" ugly and gave me the heebie jeebies when I had to sleep outside. I never slept on the ground again, usually on top of the Humvee or on the hood instead. Also, both sightings were in the dark, so the nocturnal legend must be true. All I can say is I'm glad those ugly things are over there and I'm now over HERE!

Ken