- Jan 21, 2005
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I think this might be my favorite myth of all time. Undoubtedly, most of you have seen the famous picture of the Camel Spider in Iraq. Seen here.
I thought this thing was real for a while, and I even read a bunch about it. What I read was that it would bite people as they slept, and put some kind of paralyzing toxin into them which allowed the spider to eat their faces off, blah blah.
I eventually found out that this was all fake. After finding out that it was fake though, I decided to go have some fun. I went to the bar with a couple friends one Saturday morning and began telling them about how this spider was fake -- Immediately, one of my friends begins telling me that I'm wrong, saying that his friend's friend is in Iraq and has shot them. I laugh at him, telling him that he's a big idiot, but he was sticking to his story. To make things worse, some older guy is on the other side of the bar, apparently eves dropping. This guy becomes agitated after listening to me spread these "lies", and begins telling us what they really are like:
Him: "Hey buddy, listen, I have been in wars, and I have seen these things, they are real."
Me: "Oh, really, tell me more"
Him: "First of all, these fuckers could jump from here to the juke box, no problem (~15 feet). They grow to be about 2 or 3 feet wide, and they are the meanest fuckers you've ever seen".
Me: "Hmm.. interesting... do they make noises?"
Him: "DO THEY MAKE NOISES? When these fuckers run at you, they scream so loud it could make your ears bleed"
Me: "Wow, that is pretty amazing..."
Him: "You know it -- When we saw them coming we would unload hundreds of rounds on them to get them down, but they're so quick, sometimes you just can't even hit em"
Me: "And you said you've actually seen these, yourself, with your own eyes?"
Him: "Well, I haven't, but my buddy's...."
You get the picture. The guy ended up leaving the bar because I kept making fun of him.
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I thought this thing was real for a while, and I even read a bunch about it. What I read was that it would bite people as they slept, and put some kind of paralyzing toxin into them which allowed the spider to eat their faces off, blah blah.
I eventually found out that this was all fake. After finding out that it was fake though, I decided to go have some fun. I went to the bar with a couple friends one Saturday morning and began telling them about how this spider was fake -- Immediately, one of my friends begins telling me that I'm wrong, saying that his friend's friend is in Iraq and has shot them. I laugh at him, telling him that he's a big idiot, but he was sticking to his story. To make things worse, some older guy is on the other side of the bar, apparently eves dropping. This guy becomes agitated after listening to me spread these "lies", and begins telling us what they really are like:
Him: "Hey buddy, listen, I have been in wars, and I have seen these things, they are real."
Me: "Oh, really, tell me more"
Him: "First of all, these fuckers could jump from here to the juke box, no problem (~15 feet). They grow to be about 2 or 3 feet wide, and they are the meanest fuckers you've ever seen".
Me: "Hmm.. interesting... do they make noises?"
Him: "DO THEY MAKE NOISES? When these fuckers run at you, they scream so loud it could make your ears bleed"
Me: "Wow, that is pretty amazing..."
Him: "You know it -- When we saw them coming we would unload hundreds of rounds on them to get them down, but they're so quick, sometimes you just can't even hit em"
Me: "And you said you've actually seen these, yourself, with your own eyes?"
Him: "Well, I haven't, but my buddy's...."
You get the picture. The guy ended up leaving the bar because I kept making fun of him.
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