Many years ago.....when I were a lad of 14ish my mum told me to get a shovel of coal for the fire.
When I came back, holding said shovel of coal she was (pretending) to fix the wireless (thats radio to you whippersnappers) and next to her on the table was a giant spider jumping around**. I clearly recall nearly sh*tting myself, trying to get my vocal chords to work and the coal going everywhere.
**it was one of those plastic ones with an air pump attached.