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Whitetail spider ... Whitetail spider?
yep, thats basically it about the spider. i personally know 2 people who were bit. 1 guy was bit on the hand, even 5 years later his arm looked as though it had just had boiling oil thrown on it., yet there is no scientific reason (that has been found) that explains this.
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was reading on another science forum about people who claim to be able to feel xrays (leg, hip dentist etc). and their possible explanations.
sure, as a general rule of thumb i agree with you. many times its an incorrect spider etc. but there are times where this does indeed happen.the guy i worked with, was bit on the hand. he caught the spider and had it identified as a whitetail. he saw a skin specialist for 10 years after that to clear up the "whatever you call it".
are you saying that if something is rare, it is therefore impossible?
what difference it would make?
Quote from: jfoldbar, KryptidWhitetail spider ... Whitetail spider?There is a kind of spider in Australia, with the common name of Whitetail spider. It has also started to appear in New Zealand...It got a reputation that it's bite caused a horrible flesh-eating disease. We occasionally saw people on TV where the skin on their arm was eaten away, after a bite from a whitetail spider.I understand that a more careful study showed that there was no link to white-tail spiders - people just saw the disease, and blamed the spider for it. I guess that qualifies as "pseudo-science"! I am not sure if this is the specific piece of pseudoscience that was intended...Scientific version: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2003/179/4/white-tail-spider-bite-prospective-study-130-definite-bites-lampona-species