A man in Perth, Australia, is apologizing to cops and neighbours after a full police response was triggered by his yelling “why don’t you die” at a spider in his home. A concerned passerby called the police after they heard the screaming, coupled with a toddler’s cries. According to the police log, the caller didn’t know the family but said they had seen them walking around a few times. The log said “police spoke with all parties who advised that husband had only been trying to kill a spider (has serious fear of spiders). No further police involvement required.”The incident in Australia was considerably more tame than that time in 2017 when an Arizona man started a house fire using a blowtorch to kill a spider.

Source: National Post January 02, 2019 17:03 UTC