‘You’re dead. Die! Die!’: Spider killer’s screams send police scurrying

An arachnophobe’s noisy attempts to kill a spider caused a police alert after his neighbours suspected he was attacking his wife. The man’s hysterical screams and cries of: "I’m going to kill you, you’re dead. Die! Die!“ led to officers scurrying to his apartment in Sydney. When they banged on the door, the househoulder appeared red-faced and out-of-breath but insisted he lived alone. Disbelieving police challenged him and he confessed the high-pitched screams were his, he was terrified of spiders and the one he had been chasing was "a really big one”.

After a very long pause, some laughter and a quick look in the unit to make sure there was no injured party (apart from the spider) we left.

Sydney police report

New South Wales police released the transcript of their conversation with the man in the northern suburb of Wollstonecraft. It read: “Police: We had a report of a domestic and a women screaming, where is she? Male: I don’t know what you’re talking about, I live alone. Police: Come on mate, people clearly heard you yelling you were going to kill her and furniture getting thrown around the unit. Police: Come on mate, what have you done to her? Male: It was a spider. Police: Sorry?? Male: It was a spider, a really big one!! Police: What about the woman screaming? Male: Yeah sorry that was me, I really, really hate spiders.