Scots woman left terrified after waking up to giant spider on bedroom wall

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A Scot told how she had to hoover up a giant spider after waking up to the find the arachnid on the wall by her bed.Natalie Hood, who lives in the Torry area of Aberdeen, said she was “totally shocked’ to discover the home invader.Natalie told Aberdeen Live how she snapped a photo of the spider before finding a way to get rid of it.She said: “I was totally shocked (it was the) biggest one I’ve ever seen!

There’s no zoom used in that picture.“(I) hoovered it up with the shark hoover from a distance, ain’t no way I was going close to that. (You) don’t expect house spiders that size in this country.”Natalie posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, a picture of the creepy crawly captioned: “I have just woken up & what the f*** is that on my wall.”Mark Stirton replied to post: “In Aberdeen?

That’s it, I’m moving to the moon.”The warm and wet summer has driven spiders indoors around a month early, with males on the hunt for females to mate with. Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here .