A British woman living in Australia has offered a bounty to anyone who could help remove a massive killer spider from her home. The young woman was told by people online she should leave the country after she posted on Facebook asking for help to get rid of the massive beast in the corner of her house near Sydney.
The jumbo huntsman spider was spotted near the ceiling of her home in the city’s eastern suburb of Coogee. Even though she offered cash for someone to eject the monster, many people felt the spider was simply too big for the fee being offered.
Taking to a local ex-pats Facebook page she posted the advert begging for help, reports the Mail. “Is anyone good with spiders? Will happily pay someone 50 dollars to get this spider out my apartment in Coogee,” she said.
Suggestions from people online said she would be far better off going to greater lengths to remove it. One person, seemingly thinking property paled in comparison to the size of the threat, said: “Just burn the house down.”
A woman suggested: “Maybe it’s time to move country”. A third added: “Burn the house to the ground."
Huntsmen spiders tend to move into houses during the summer months in Australia as they try to escape the heat. They can grow to as big as 15 centimetres, and one poster commented: “Is that thing on steroids or what?”
Some people were accused of “overreacting" when they said that not even $500 (£280) would be enough to get them to remove the eight-legged killer. But others were more relaxed about the situation.
“That’s a huntsman it won’t hurt you and they kill mosquitoes. I suggest a vacuum cleaner,” a woman said. Another user added: “Don’t hurt them just get a pint glass and a bit of cardboard and trap it then put it out the door.”
