Spider on rampage in Israeli Air Force base

From: www.jpost.com

Mystery spider on rampage in IAF base
By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN

A mysterious spider is on the loose at the Air Force's key Command and Control center atop Mount Meron in the Galilee that has already left four soldiers debilitated and the others shaking in fear.

According to the IDF weekly Ba'machane, the spider has still not been captured and may have escaped after doctors ordered the place totally cleaned up. One of the soldiers who was bitten was sent home for two weeks. Three others received treatment and ordered to rest.

"They told us that they couldn't spray insecticide here because it is a nature preserve, so they aren't doing anything," one of the frustrated soldiers was quoted as saying.

"It's like a jungle here," another said. "I got upset after I was bitten, but what can I do. I am just a little cog in this system. One thing is for certain. I'm not going in that room anymore."

The room in question, meanwhile, has reportedly become a mecca for other soldiers hoping to get bitten and earn some time off at home for rest and recuperation, known in IDF slang as "gimilim."

"If someone wants to come sleep in the room they will have to pay because they'll get 'gimilim' for sure," joked one of the Air Force soldiers. "The spider's my mate now. I only hope he doesn't bite me a second time."

The base, sitting atop the peak in the middle of the Meron Nature Reserve, is the IAF's main eyes in the north and its sophisticated radar and flight control systems is a key strategic instillations that watches the skies in Lebanon, Syria and beyond.

In response to the report, the IAF said: "The soldiers received medical treatment and the unit doctor ordered them to do a thorough cleaning of the place."

It added that the commander and those above him were dealing with the problem



:lol: And here I was thinking that the worst threat to our national security was the Hizbullah with its rockets :lol:

 

You know, I think they're leaving that spider alive on purpose...

 

I would
This sounds like the next step in biological warfare

 

A few drops of black widow venom in anybody's drink certainly has interesting possibilities. Gotta love those muscle-necroting venoms.

 

Of course they're letting it live on purpose, Jar. That gives the soldiers an excuse for going home... Might try loosing one at school.

 

Yeah, like some fuck there wouldn't kill it straight away.

 

Probably not. Last time a spider appeared in class there were a lot of yells, but the attempts to kill it weren't too serious and the spider got away. It reappeared some hours later, and finally vanished...

 

DUN DUN DUN.........
The search continues... *glances nervously*

 

Hah, I remember we had one that haunted our ceiling in primary school... there was always a cluster to the other side of the room...

 

Someone caught one in a physics class at school once. They trapped it under a plastic container, but half it's legs were still free...so someone whipped out a lighter and burnt them off.