Giant Spiders Invade England

A British couple managed to capture one of the lead elements of a giant spider invasion. They spotter the monster climbing the garden wall and trapped it in a box.

A stunned couple were horrified when they found a massive venomous tarantula running around their English garden.

Julie and Peter Gillett were alerted to the huge 5in hairy spider when one of their scared dogs scratched against the side of their back door in Poole, Dorset.

Quick thinking Mr Gillett trapped the spider in a sandwich box as it climbed the wall and took it to Ark-Aid veterinary surgery in Canford Heath.

The vet told the couple the spider was most likely a pet that had either escaped or had been set free by its owner.

Tarantulas are usually found in the wild in tropical or desert regions but are popular in the exotic pet trade in this country.

We're pretty sure that the tarantula is actually larger than the "dog" shown in the photo. The arachnid army of the Animal Uprising™ has big plans for Britain, it would seem. We strongly recommend that our British readers begin smashing their gardens with a handy cricket bat since giant spiders like to wait among the plants for their next human victim to come along. A 1,000 pound bug bomb is sometimes effective as well. (Works on annoying neighbors, too.)