When my youngest daughter texted me this picture, many things ran through my head...and none of them were good.

That's my house near Lufkin, Texas .

That's my patio, that's my speaker, and that looks like a smiling zombie invader ready to pounce off the ceiling and make a fang deposit into any unsuspecting human. I mean, honestly, this thing could have given Sulley a run for his money as Top Scarer in 'Monsters, Inc.'

I was immediately concerned for the well-being of my daughter, my dogs, and my house.

Then, she sent me this video.

This video revealed two things.

It was a spider, and a rather small one, at that. Somehow, my daughter's photo angle managed to make the spider look like a demon creature about the size of a bowling ball...with a face.

My daughter, always one for being

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