SCOTS have been left horrified after two pet tarantulas were spotted in residential streets- with one later meeting an untimely end.
A video shared to social media showed one of the sizeable spiders minding its business on Kidd Street in Kirkcaldy, Fife on Saturday.
Another tarantula was said to have been spotted just a few streets away in Beatty Crescent on the same day, and another in West Lothian earlier this month.
The escaped pets caused chaos in the town with local social media erupting with reported sightings of the giant spiders.
Unfortunately, one local claimed the second spider found in Kirkcaldy had been squashed, prompting a slew of comments from locals expressing their outrage and fear alike.
Video footage of one of the escaped pets shows the massive, brown spider sitting nonchalantly on the pavement.
Even from afar, its considerable size is obvious with on screen text reading: “Holy s**t, what the f**k, the size of that.”
Another of the spiders was seemingly killed by a terrified local with images showing the arachnid squished on the pavement.
It was shared to social media on Saturday with the caption: “Spider found end of Kidd Street Kirkcaldy if anyone has lost one.”
It has since received over 500 likes and more than 730 comments from locals sharing their take on the alarming discoveries.
One commented: “If this is the spider we all think it is, I think it needs taken inside and kept warm under some kind of lamp. Hope it’s back with the owners now.
Another agreed: “I would call SSPCA, it will probably die if left out. I would be running a mile.”
A third wrote: “The fact that most of you lot think this is an actual house spider that’s grown too big is really concerning.”
A fourth said: “That was probably someone’s pet and if someone has squashed it that’s f***ing disgusting it’s still an animal, would people laugh about a cat being run over?
“Shocking.”
Another added: “If that was my street, I would be moving out.”
The spider has been identified as a Brazilian whiteknee tarantula, which can reach up to 9cm in body length and up to 21cm in leg span.
