Word on the Street - Oct. 1, 2009

What is your worst spider story?

Shannon Ashworth, Rosalia

“I was in my house, watching TV and this big brown spider-the size of a quarter- came at me. I grabbed a fly swatter and missed- and then he charged at me!”

Gary Bonson, Colfax

“I can give you a snake story.”

Okay.

“I was snake hunting in New Mexico. We had a sack of snakes. My buddy fell down a hill and dumped out of the sack. Now I’ve got no problem catching snakes one at a time. But he was stuck down there with the cactus and the snakes for quite a while. Neither one of us got bit.”

Stephen Eagan, Colfax

“When I was 11 years old, I...