When I see a spider in my house, I scream like a little girl.
But then I go and find a shoe and I smash the little monster.
Then I clean up the guts and move on with my day. My house does not burn down. I do not damage an entire apartment building. I do not make it to Weird News.
But then again, I am not an idiot.
Earlier this week, a small apartment building was set ablaze by a flaming spider. Now one would think a "flaming spider" is the name of a drink at a Tiki bar. But in the case. It is an actual flaming spider.
Apparently, when a resident of one of the apartments saw a giant wolf spider, he did not reach for a shoe. Instead he reached for a torch lighter.
I wonder what he could have possibly been using this for? source
And he was accurate. He hit the spider and set it on fire.
Not an actual picture of this incident. source
Then the spider promptly said "screw you guy" and ran its flaming body onto a nearby mattress. First the mattress went up in flames. Then the rest of the apartment followed.
The fire department was called and did its job.
I don't think they slapped the guy but I bet they wanted to.