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11th March 2014
03:03pm GMT

It was only when they were all over the window sill and curtains when they realized they were actually spiders.
“Hundreds of them were swarming everywhere. It was terrifying – like something out of a horror film," Jamie Roberts told The Daily Star.
They were Brazilian Wandering Spiders. Their venom is said to be 30 times more powerful than that of a rattlesnake. Just one bite can kill a grown man in 20 minutes.
Pest controllers in protective suits spent 24 hours pumping the house full of gas to exterminate them all, but it was three days before it was safe enough for the family to return.Explore more on these topics: