When I lived in Exile House with Hunty in ‘02/’03, we got fairly used to the large spiders that would hand around in the corners of the house. Hunty would try and remove them occasionally, picking them up with a magazine and placing them outside. One day he scooped one up and noticed that he had knocked 3 of it legs off, and in a rush of guilt, he put the spider back into its little corner. “Five Legs,” lived with us for the rest of our time there, and was often a topic of conversation. He was about 2 inches across, and seemed fairly able to live his life missing nearly half of his legs.
He was in no way the size of this monster that was hiding behind the door of a cafe bathroom I went in at the CTA. It was also the worst smelling restroom I have encountered here so far. The acrid smell of human waste and ammonia, was a real challenge on my photographic skills, as proved below….

Amanda | 22-May-08 at 7:12 pm | Permalink
The smell in itself would send me running, let alone that crazy beast! I no longer wish I was there with you!