HAGATNA, Guam — Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam have turned away a ship after thousands of spiders overflowed from its cargo.

The Guam Department of Agriculture says hundreds of large spiders and thousands of smaller ones were seen when stevedores began offloading insulation and beams for housing units from the ship, the M.V. Altavia.

The cargo was returned to the ship, and the Agriculture Department on Friday ordered that the ship not be allowed to dock. It was last ported in South Korea.

Agriculture officials say they don't know what type of spiders were on the ship, but said it's a type that isn't normally found on the island. They said there was concern the spiders could damage Guam's environment.

The ship was carrying housing units and accessories for a work force village expected to house up to 18,000 temporary workers. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...s/us_news/

now this is my idea of a scary story. WHERE do you suppose that ship went? with all of its eight-legged..... cargo?????

were they HAIRY????

zaza said:

Worst nightmare.

I need to see some pictures, pronto!!!!

after thousands of spiders overflowed from its cargo...

ship probably went right back to south korea with all of those spiders. right?

I was just telling someone that I have a lot of spiders around my house... but 1000?!

Harlepolis said:

I need to see some pictures, pronto!!!!

Noooooooooooooooooo, no pictures, gives me the creeps just reading about this.

NO NO NO! Thats the stuff NIGHTMARES are made of!!

Yikes! Those were huge spiders on that ship. I'm normally not creeped out much by spiders, but having 1,000 huge spiders around me most definitely would.

psychodelicide said:

Yikes! Those were huge spiders on that ship. I'm normally not creeped out much by spiders, but having 1,000 huge spiders around me most definitely would.

Seeing just one medium sized Scottish spider on my wall or in the bath gives me the shiters.

I hate the wee/big bastards.

Am i scared of them? Too fucking right i am.

MikeyB71 said:

psychodelicide said:

Yikes! Those were huge spiders on that ship. I'm normally not creeped out much by spiders, but having 1,000 huge spiders around me most definitely would.

Seeing just one medium sized Scottish spider on my wall or in the bath gives me the shiters.

I hate the wee/big bastards.

Am i scared of them? Too fucking right i am.

That would definitely freak me out too.

Fury said:

Maybe sending in old Spidey to that port would have been a good idea.

He could have been like the pied piper of hamelin ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w...of_Hamelin) and led all the spiders away.

RAID!!

OMG, if they would have let that ship dock I think I would have set myself on fire. I can't stand those little suckers. I think I would have fainted from the site of the ship and died from fright.

did it look like this?

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