As we were getting ready to leave bull creek my most observant mother spotted this specimen.
It was most intriguing and ever so fascinating.
I know next to nothing about spiders so i have no clue what kind this is.
It was slow and timid
And Even though I have lived in the Austin area for 8 years i have never seen anything remotely like this around before
I had to constantly remind myself and the kids that if you do not know if it can hurt you just assume that it can.
We asked a random jogger if he had ever encountered one of these before and despite running there on a regular basic he had not.
He then brought back some friends of his who were in a different part of the park and one of them thought we ought to squash it.
My mom got quite defence on behalf of big creepy spider so as far as we know he did not get squashed
He mostly just froze and every now and then tried to run away.
as soon as he realized we were following he would stop moving again and just sit there
I found a long twig and carefully poked his leg then he would run away so I think this was not the attacking sort.
I was hoping someone out there might know what sort of critter this is
Do you think it is someones pet spider that they just left in the park?
Eventually we gave him more space and he just slowly made his way down to the water
After getting in the water for a little while, I'm guessing getting a good drink, he started moving back to the trees where he first came from
here is a little video for your enjoyment!
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