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Beatles Be Damned! 50-Foot Spider Attacks Liverpool

Thursday September 4, 2008

You probably thought the Beatles would be the biggest insects-in-name-only to come out of Liverpool. Now, we find a three-story mechanical arachnid scuttling across one of Liverpool's biggest buildings. Like John, Paul, George and Ringo, this spider is in showbiz, and on Friday, he'll spread his monstrous tendrils and send British commuters running (to take pictures with their cell phones).

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    Comments

    September 8, 2008 at 4:48 pm
    (1) uselessonline says:

    Here’s a video of it:
    http://uselessonline.com/2008/09/08/huge-spider-is-latest-arts-event.aspx

    September 8, 2008 at 4:54 pm
    (2) weirdnews says:

    Cool video!

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