Eight-Legged Crawling Surprise! British Couple Discovers Huntsman Spider In Amazon Parcel

Goods delivered may sometimes have surprises.

Online shoppers can find rocks or bizarre objects in their packages. Poor processing is usually the cause.

But for a British couple who ordered Christmas decorations from Amazon, it was a horrifying surprise.

Mark And Gemma Smith, who hail from Shanklin on the Ise of Wight, got a huge shock when they found a huge huntsman spider crawling inside the parcel.

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A Sun report said they ordered a set of three light-up Christmas boxes worth ?32.99 on Amazon. The package came quickly butt stay untouched for 2 days in their house. But when Gemma opened it, she was left horrified at the 10 cm wide spider.

¡°I opened up the parcel and I said ¡®Holy f***¡¯. I literally chucked the box. I didn¡¯t know if there were any more in there,¡± she said.

¡°I was at work she rang me and said ¡®I have just had the most scary thing happen to me¡¯. She has arachnophobia because of this bad experience with spiders as a kid. I was so shocked to see it,¡± said Mark.

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Mark posted a pic on Facebook.

"Yesterday, poor arachnophobic Gem opened a box from Amazon to find this huge spider inside. Anyone know the species? It looks like a Huntsman but I'm no spider expert. Whatever it is, it ain't from the UK," read the caption.

Most huntsman spiders come from Asia. They can be from Africa, Australia, & South America.