yamaha_54
19th May 2004, 07:41 PM
found this on the A4D forums:
"Each cataclysmic world event seems to spawn its own urban legend. Lycos reports that the first urban legend to come out of the war in Iraq may be about the camel spider.
Recently, e-mail circulated stating that troops are encountering these amazing creatures, who purportedly run at speeds of 25 miles per hour and climb onto the bellies of camels and eat their stomachs from the outside, numbing the flesh by secreting a natural anesthetic. As the story goes, the creatures were even attacking our soldiers at night, many of whom awoke to find missing flesh
A search for "camel spider" describes an animal that is somewhat more benign, along with a story from Air Force Link that seeks to correct the Internet-borne misconceptions. The Air Force story, however, contains some legend-creating facts: The little beast is a cross between a spider and a scorpion. And "chemicals such as bug sprays are not recommended as they most likely will do nothing but make the spider angry."
"Each cataclysmic world event seems to spawn its own urban legend. Lycos reports that the first urban legend to come out of the war in Iraq may be about the camel spider.
Recently, e-mail circulated stating that troops are encountering these amazing creatures, who purportedly run at speeds of 25 miles per hour and climb onto the bellies of camels and eat their stomachs from the outside, numbing the flesh by secreting a natural anesthetic. As the story goes, the creatures were even attacking our soldiers at night, many of whom awoke to find missing flesh
A search for "camel spider" describes an animal that is somewhat more benign, along with a story from Air Force Link that seeks to correct the Internet-borne misconceptions. The Air Force story, however, contains some legend-creating facts: The little beast is a cross between a spider and a scorpion. And "chemicals such as bug sprays are not recommended as they most likely will do nothing but make the spider angry."