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Solifugae - aka. Camel spiders became an Internet sensation during the Iraq war of 2003, when rumors of their bloodthirsty nature began to circulate online (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago by decadentrebel to c/creepywikipedia

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I knew a guy who knew a guy who had a friend who was in Iraq around the same time and he said his friend spotted a camel spider running toward them on its hind legs. He unloaded on it with a SAW and blew off a few limbs but it still didn't die!

-a totally true story, I'm sure

[–] grasshopper_mouse 4 points 7 months ago

I believe it! :)

I did see a guy beat what was supposedly a baby camel spider with a pushbroom, and it didn't die, so he grabbed a foot locker and dropped it on top of it, and that definitely killed it.