Urban Legends: The Spider Bite

STORY: A girl is spending the day lounging on the beach. Her towel is spread out across the hot sand, and she is drifting to sleep as she tans. Just as she is about to fall asleep, she feels a small insect creep across her shoulders and onto her face. She opens her eyes and sees that a spider is making its way across her face. The girl quickly brushes the insect off her cheek and goes back to tanning.

About a week later, the girl notices a bright red pimple on her cheek. Despite her efforts to get rid of the pimple, it grows more and more each day. Eventually, the skin becomes enflamed and begins to resemble a puss-filled blister. One day while she is brushing her hair, she hits the boil with the brush. This causes the boil to explode and hundreds of tiny white spiders to come pouring out of it.

Because the girl had been sunbathing, her pores had enlarged enough for a mother spider to lay an egg sac in her face. When she bumped the boil with her hair dryer, it caused the egg sac to hatch.

ORIGIN: Unfortunately, it is impossible to track the origin of this urban legend. As far as scientists know, it is not possible for any type of spider to lay an egg sac in the pores of a human face.

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