Ken Gargett Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 town in west aussie, people walking along the street, start to hear a toddler crying and screaming with noise coming out of a house and things being bashed. a bloke yelling 'why don't you die'! needless to say, cops called. Australian man screaming 'why don't you die?' triggers full police response Multiple officers arrive at home to find Perth man with ‘serious fear’ of arachnids ‘trying to kill a spider’ Wed 2 Jan 2019 A Perth man apologised when a team of police officers showed up at his house. A passerby called police when they heard a toddler screaming and a man repeatedly shouting ‘Why don’t you die?’ The man was apparently just trying to kill a spider. Photograph: Tim Pinney/Alamy Stock Photo Police in Western Australia have confirmed they sent multiple officers to an emergency call that turned out to be a screaming man with a “serious fear” of spiders. A concerned passerby was walking outside a house in suburban Perth when they heard a toddler screaming and a man repeatedly shouting “Why don’t you die?” After they called triple zero, officers arrived to find a man “trying to kill a spider”, who apologised for having an extreme fear of the arachnid. The Wanneroo police Twitter account posted a screenshot of the police log of the incident on Wednesday morning. “Caller walked past the AA and heard a male screaming out ‘Why don’t you die’ – repeatedly,” the log read. “The toddler inside was screaming … caller doesn’t know them, but has seen them a few times when walking”. Twenty minutes later, officers on the scene provided an update. “Police spoke with all parties who advised that husband had only been trying to kill a spider (has serious fear of spiders). Apologised for inconvenience to police. “No injuries sighted (except to spider). No further police involvement required”. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 love this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Here I was thinking it was another "Pet" arachnid from the Gargett mail box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandboy Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 The only part I don’t understand is why our main character would see a need to apologize for being afraid of spiders...in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen North Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I thought it may have been about Trudeau, dammit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigaraholic Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I thought the answer was because he doesn’t have a heartbeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckme10 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Sent this to the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteando Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Ok I'll admit the winter can suck in Minnesota, but at least we don't have to deal with giant spiders. Only the state bird. (Searches for mosquito emoji- unable to locate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 what is sad is that those huntsman spiders are virtually harmless and great at keeping the bug/insect population down. plus small snakes need to feed on things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Thought at first that this might be a quote from an upcoming video review... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteando Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Ken Gargett said: what is sad is that those huntsman spiders are virtually harmless and great at keeping the bug/insect population down. plus small snakes need to feed on things. My parents recently returned from a golf getaway to South Africa. Their villa outside Cape Town had a thatched roof, which is apparently common, being Africa and all. Well they returned for the evening and one of these guys was on the bed. Maintenance was duly notified. Of course the explanation was not to worry, as you said Ken completely harmless. Whats more it was explained that there were most likely dozens of his buddies still up there too! Definitely a culture shock for a US midwesterner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigcars Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGipper Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 On 1/2/2019 at 2:25 PM, Ken Gargett said: Wanneroo For a second I thought this was the would-be University mentioned in the Monty Python Bruces sketch. But after looking it up, I realize that was the University of Woolloomooloo. I appreciate this forum for enhancing my knowledge of Australian geography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisky91 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Completely justified response. If I was killing a spider that wouldn’t die I’d just surrender the house to the spider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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