. Very creepy indeed
Camel Spiders: Behind an E-Mail Sensation From Iraq
Cameron Walker
for National Geographic News
June 29, 2004
This spring, an arachnophobe's biggest nightmare started to pop up in e-mail in-boxes.
A photo of two huge spiders, each the size of a man's calf, was accompanied by an alarming note. The sender said his or her friend—or friend of a friend—knew a soldier stationed in Iraq who had said that these spiders could inject a sleeping soldier with anesthetic, then chew out a chunk of flesh.
Creepy? Yes. But arachnid experts say it's a hoax.