My parking space is directly under a tree (white car, gummy tree, sigh), so I'm used to seeing leaves and other detritus (Bird. Poop.) on the car in the morning. Yesterday I noticed that there was a bit of leaf under the door handle, but I didn't think anything of it (I usually pull the junk off my car after work), got in, and drove to work.
On my way home, when I reached for the door handle, I noticed the leaf again. I went to brush it off and saw that
AH! EEK! A GIANT SPIDER! AIEEIEIEIEIEIE!!!
Good camouflage, that.
I screamed a bit, danced around, cursed, and thanked the heavens that I didn't actually GRAB A SPIDER thinking it was a leaf. I found a stick and encouraged the spider to take up new residence Far Away from my car, making sure to cut all cobwebby lines that would anchor it to the door handle and checking for an egg sac. I got in and imagined all the way home, itching, that I was crawling with baby spiders.
Ugh, I can still feel them now.
You're welcome!
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