Man I don’t get that freaked out by spiders most of the time, and I do have a fascination with critters, but these things just freak me out. I used to be an internet technician and I’d run into them all the time, especially when I was working out on the beach. 

I remember a beach house that had tons of little palm trees and similar plants on this like 4-5 foot “side yard” all the way down their house. And there were AT LEAST like 20 of these fucking things splayed across it all. And of course, their main line was connected in the middle of it all.

I had to squat and press myself up against the wall to slide underneath one huge web with one of these things the size of my fucking hand about 6 inches away from my face. I also know that when you startle them they start aggressively shaking/bouncing their web, which would’ve easily had this thing hit me in the face… it was a very delicate situation.😅