Tonight Tilly is my hero

[Nomilynn]

Oh my god.. I'm still shaking and crying.. I was on the phone with Nathan (aka Lirathal) tonight when a HUGE spider came running into my room. I mean it's leg could have made a decent size spider all on its own.

Anyway, as soon as I saw this thing I screamed really loud (we need to have sympathy for Nate's ears tonight! ) and ran the opposite direction from wich the spider was running.

I lost sight of it then, and I began to panic. I'm really an arachnaphobic (spelling??) and I was beginning to hyperventilate and scream and cry a lot.. sweating and stuff.. when Tilly caught sight of it. At first I screamed a lot because she kept chasing it instead of killing it. I was standing on my bed crying, Nathan trying to calm me down. Finally Tilly killed the thing. I was afraid it was playing dead but it was pretty mangled. She even carried it out from under my desk to an open area of the floor so I could put a huge book on it, stand on the book, twirl the book around and jump a little to make sure the thing was really dead. I don't think I've ever been that scared in my life. Then once I was sure it was REALLY dead, I went and got a roll of paper towel. I crouched on a chair to pick up the remains so if it was just playing it wouldn't run over my feet *shudder*... So tonight Tilly is the hero! She has already gotten a whole bunch of loves, except when she walked on the arm of my chair and lightly put her foot on my leg, I thought it was another spider and I screamed and jumped. She just looked at me like, "Mom.. CHILL!!!!" Anyway, Tilly deserves our praise tonight! And I need a valium

[Lirathal]

Originally posted by Nomilynn
Oh my god.. I'm still shaking and crying.. I was on the phone with Nathan (aka Lirathal) tonight when a HUGE spider came running into my room. I mean it's leg could have made a decent size spider all on its own.

Anyway, as soon as I saw this thing I screamed really loud (we need to have sympathy for Nate's ears tonight! ) and ran the opposite direction from wich the spider was running.

I lost sight of it then, and I began to panic. I'm really an arachnaphobic (spelling??) and I was beginning to hyperventilate and scream and cry a lot.. sweating and stuff.. when Tilly caught sight of it. At first I screamed a lot because she kept chasing it instead of killing it. I was standing on my bed crying, Nathan trying to calm me down. Finally Tilly killed the thing. I was afraid it was playing dead but it was pretty mangled. She even carried it out from under my desk to an open area of the floor so I could put a huge book on it, stand on the book, twirl the book around and jump a little to make sure the thing was really dead. I don't hink I've ever been that scared in my life. Then once I was sure it was REALLY dead, I went and got a roll of paper towel. I crouched on a chair to pick up the remains so if it was just playing it wouldn't run over my feet *shudder*... So tonight Tilly is the hero! She has already gotten a whole bunch of loves, except when she waled on the arm of my chair and lightly put her foot on my leg, I thought it was another spider and I screamed and jumped. She just looked at me like, "Mom.. CHILL!!!!" Anyway, Tilly deserves our praise tonight! And I need a valium

*riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiing go my ears* :P

Man she has a set of pipes on her let me tell you, but my kitty helped out and is a hero! Double the Kitty treats for her tomorrow! Sorry I couldn't help Nomi.

Hurray for my Kitty Tilly!

Regards,
And sympathies for my ears,
Nathan

[anna_66]

I can not, repeat, can not stand spiders either!!! They totally FrEaK me out!
Horray to Tilly for killing that nasty spider and to Nathan for having to hear such screaming!
I'm glad it's all over with, I hope you've calmed down by now
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Now, I know this will freak you out, but your story made me think of it.
About a year ago my mom was bitten by a baby black widow spider while she was laying in her bed (she lives in SC). It bit her on the lower right chin, and made the most god-awful place you've ever seen Just recently has the black place went away (& yes it was a big "BLACK" place-horrible looking), but she still has a scar there.
My poor mom, after it first happened, she was afraid it laid egg in her chin Needless to say, of course it didn't, but it had her that freaked out. Now, whenever she sees a spider......she sorta acts like you (no offense)! I don't blame her one bit, do you? Did you have a bad experience with a spider too?

[Nomilynn]

Anna,

That's the weird thing - I can't remember ever having a scary experience with a spider before. Maybe it's because my dad is allergic and I was always afraid I would puff up like him, but he isn't even afraid of spiders so I don't know.

And no offense taken at all! I can totally understand!

Thanks for your response!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I don't like spiders either. I'm so glad that Tilly was able to save the day by killing it. As far as I know, my cats have never killed a spider before. Storm will just alert me by meowing at them.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

In my opinion, Tilly deserves a medal!!! I hate spiders too. Eeekkk!!! I get creepy crawly feelings just thinking about them. In my opinion, if spiders must exist, it should be on a planet all their own with no way off. Burr!

[Nomilynn]

She didn't get a medal, but she sure got extra treats for breakfast this morning!!!!

[slleipnir]

Wow! I'd react the same as you! I saw a small spider today on my wall, and my dad always says it's stupid to be afraid of them (there are none here that can actually hurt you..) so anyway, I thought he'd be mad if I bothered him -AGAIN- about it, so i got some paper and slowly tried to gethim to walk onto it, so i could put him in the middle of the floor (he was going behind my desk) anyway, he desided to charge onto the paper, which freaked me out, and I ended up screaming and dropping the paper..guess i'm not as brave as i thought..But now, he's STILL OUT THERE!! I bet you anything he'll crawl on my tonight..-shudders-
To think, I just freaked out over a tiny thing..

[Karen]

Just have to say, I like spiders. I think they're really cool, the webs they spin are incredible, especially backlit in early morning dew, and they eat bugs, like mosquitoes, that bite people. I have rescued many a spider from screaming people, I let them crawl onto me, then take them outdoors whenever I can.

Nonetheless, Tilly is a hero, becuase you were afraid, and she saved the day!

[wolf_Q]

I'm not a big spider fan either......I don't really have much of a reaction to them, unless the thing is on me lol. Usually I just ignore them.

Except when you find them in the shower with you, isn't that the worst?

Ugh a week or 2 ago I was with my friend and she asked me to go to the hose in the garage and fill up Lady's (her dog) water bowl. It was dark in the garage. I filled it up, then came out and set it down on the lawn. It was the nastiest thing, a HUGE (really huge!) brown spider and an egg sack was in the water....eeek....needless to say, I tossed the water bowl...lol

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by Karen
I have rescued many a spider from screaming people, I let them crawl onto me, then take them outdoors whenever I can.

Well you are welcome to come to my house and rescue spiders from me ANY day!!! LOL

[shais_mom]

I can't stand them either. Hooray for Tilly!!
When I was about 4-5 years old I was riding to the elevator with my dad in his semi (he was a truck driver) and I was asleep in the bunk and when I woke up my whole stomach was covered with spider bites. And my whole belly was one big spider bite.
It was huge!!
I get freaked out reading stories fiction or not about them laying eggs in people. YUCK!
The other thing that freaks me out are wasps. When I was in the 5th grade I was in bed trying to go to sleep and I kept feeling a stinging sensation and finally after the 3rd or 4th one I jumped up outta bed and went running, screaming downstairs. My mom was on the phone and my sister was in the bathroom and after we got the baking soda on the stings we went upstairs and there were 3-4 wasps in my bed under the covers!!!
shuddering thinking about it!

[lynnestankard]

i fall between two camps here - i sympathise with everyone who hates spiders - we all have our phobias.
but quite like having 'em around the house - eating up all the yuckies - y'know flies and stuff. we don't have dangerous spiders over here.
but come autumn the GREAT BIG HAIRY ONES try and get in for the warmth - so i spend ages taking them all outside and finding them somewhere near a good food supply.

tip for spider haters - to get them outside:-

1. place a glass tumbler over the spider.
2. slide a thinnish sheet of card under the tumbler.
3. pick up the whole caboodle - take outside and release spider.

hope this helps you all.

i'm with karen on spider webs - is there anything more beautiful in the early morning?

i noticed a particularly gorgeous one this morning from one of my hanging baskets - and i've found the occupant - hiding amongst the geraniums!!

must admit walking into a web in the dark is a horrible - so sticky!!

lynne

[lovemymaltese]

Go Tilly! I hate spiders too. I probably would have wetted myself in your position.

[NoahsMommy]

I almost couldn't read everyones responses...I did, but am now rewarded with tons of creepy crawlies!!! EEEP! I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate (etc.) spiders! I don't care if they eat other bugs...frogs do that too.

I haven't had any traumatic experiences that I can remember to relay, but I have learned in all my psych classes are that fears such as these can be brought on by a caregiver when you are younger. Like if your mom or dad (etc.) were afraid of spiders.

Last night I had a dream I came into work (office building) and found spider webs all over the place. There were two small spiders that wouldn't go away or die! I was terrified!!! Thank goodness for the alarm!

Tilly! You are my hero too!!! GOOD GIRL!!!