OMG, when we moved out into the country we started getting these creepy looking spiders in our house, sometimes 2 and three a day, that were about as big as a half dollar. Drove me CRAZY and we had small children in the house that I was constantly worried about.
But nothing can compare to this spider we saw on the front steps of this house we went to look at once when we were looking for a place to rent. I don't know what the HELL this thing was, but it was about 3-4 inches in circumference, it's abdomen was about 1 inch around and bright reddish orange and it's body was grey and it was really hairy. I was up on the porch when my husband noticed it and I actually jumped completely off the porch (past about 5 steps) to avoid the thing and I ran like hell to the car. OMG I was sooooo scared. I've never seen anything even CLOSE to that and I can't imagine where it came from. Anyone ever see a spider like this? It looked almost like a grey and orange tarantula except it had a fatter and more seperated abdomen.
