Deadly Spider in My Bedroom! Amazon Rainforest in Peru.
That’s a Brazilian Wandering Spider invading my bed space while I was staying at a wallless Amazon Rainforest lodge in Peru. Thankfully, this spider only has six legs which is probably the only reason I am alive to post this video! Most venemous animal [correction: most deadly spider] in the world per the authoritative wikipedia. There is no electricity at night and it was cloudy, so there is absolutely zero source of light so when I started to see psychedelic like lights in my vision I thought it was either a reaction to severe sensory deprivation or a spiritual experience, but turned out to be an ocular migraine.
I almost forgot. I first saw the spider on the wall which was about 4 inches from the head of the bed, directly across from the mattress. I had just woken up and reached in front of the bed to get the key which I had hidden under the mattress. When I couldn’t find the key (TOTALLY DARK, no electricity), I got up to get a flashlight which is when I saw the spider. My hand must have literally been inches from the spider!
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August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Yeah with no cracks …
Yeah with no cracks in the wall/floor joints and no windows! LOL!!!
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Can you say SCARY? …
Can you say SCARY??!! LOL!!!
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
LOL!!!!
LOL!!!!
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I don’t know what I …
I don’t know what I would have done if I knew it was poisonous. By the way, I was the only tourist in the entire lodge that night, so at least I would have had the Brazilian Wandering spider antidote all to myself if I got fanged and anyone heard my quickly faltering screams.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I was reading a …
I was reading a blog of someone who is traveling where I would like to go next, and they mentioned being waken up by the sound of the lodge cat confronting a cobra. Yikes!! Maybe I’ll sleep in a coat of armor pajamas.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I was kind of …
I was kind of curious about that myself! But glad for the advantage it gave this unwary observer!
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Funny! I wonder …
Funny! I wonder what happened to her other 2 legs.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
You’re lucky she …
You’re lucky she didn’t bite ya ! You should have tried to catch her so you could make sure she would leave you alone. LOL
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Goddamned it man.. …
ed it man..share the room with a so aggressive and dangerous creature..and with no light!!!
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
My powers of denial …
My powers of denial are considerable!
Really, it was the heat and humidity of a wallless and electricityless room which kept me awake the most (though there was always the worry I would flop my foot outside the mosquito net by mistake).
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
And to think, I …
And to think, I freak out after finding recluses and widows in the house (never in the same room…still awaiting the deathmatch) and those arn’t even aggressive species.
Did you ever slept since the incident, I mean without the aid of pharmaceuticals.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
1. No, I was going …
1. No, I was going with the umption it was not poisonious. Did not find out what type of spider it was until the next day when tour guide told me.
2. Not well the following nights, but that also had to do with the heat and humidity (no walls and no electricity at night). The most uncomfortable thing I remember is my face always being hot/oily when in bed.
3. I wouldn’t have let myself get that close if I thought it was poisonous.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
hey lonely cubicle …
hey lonely cubicle please answer my questions please ?
1.did you kill the spider after the video?
2.how could you sleep in the same room as him?i couldnt !
3.your awesome for getting that close !
thanks,bye!:)
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I just made sure …
I just made sure the spider was away from the bed where I was jumping in, and checked that the mosquito netting was secure around the bed. I didn’t know it was poisonous until the next day when the tour guide told me it was a Wandering Brazilian spider.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
ok now i’m afraid …
ok now i’m afraid youtube will put videos like this on my main page for watching this. spiders scare the out of me. how did you get rid of this thing?
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Notice how the …
Notice how the spider gets kind of close to my feet after I try and get some life back into it by moving the flashlight around (this was before I knew there was poisonous spiders in the area, but it worked (thank goodness it only had six legs!))
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
those ers chase …
those ers chase you when you them off
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Yeah, I have to …
Yeah, I have to admit, it made sleeping a little more difficult when afraid that the slightest little hole in the mosquito net could allow something un-fun in. It makes me wonder how people can camp in the great outdoors in that area. I was upset the next day when I was told it was poisonous and the lodge did not inform us of them.
At the time I was uming it was not dangerous, though I tried to not get too close. Squashing it I think would have made a very unpleasant crunching sound.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I would have …
I would have squashed the spider, packed my things and left on the next flight out.
I heared those things can kill you quickly and actually seek out movement, imagine if you woke up getting attacked.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
The tour guides at …
The tour guides at the lodge where I videoed this spider said it was a Brazilian wandering spider. The stripes on its legs looks like the striping of the spider pictured at wikipedia for Brazilian wandering spider (the same wiki page lists Peru as one of the countries Phoneutria is found in.)
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Are you certain …
Are you certain this was a wandering spider of the genus Phoneutria? Its kinda blurry but the stripes on the legs sure fits the discription pretty well with some species. Its definately not a brazilian wandering spider if you filmed it in Peru tho:)
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
right - clinton! …
right - clinton! I’ve been living away from Manhattan for too long!
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Clinton apartment, …
Clinton apartment, but I decided to leave the spider where it found me.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Do you still have …
Do you still have this spider in your ’s kitchen apartment? (excuse me, chelsea apt) I can’t believe you got it on the plane.
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
… also, I didn’t …
… also, I didn’t want to admit it, but being scared and being out of shape sound amazingly similar!