Large fishing spider is found by workers building a boat in Indiana

  • Workers at Godfrey Marine in Elkhart, Indiana, spotted the six-inch arachnid on Tuesday and put it in a plastic bag
  • They released it into the wild after taking a few spine-chilling photos 
  •  They later learned the creature is called a fishing spider and is relatively harmless to humans
  • Its long legs allow the spider to walk across water surfaces, where it feeds on insects and small fish 

A work crew building a boat in Indiana this week discovered a terrifying stowaway in the form of a colossal spider.

Workers at Godfrey Marine in Elkhart put the creepy critter measuring six inches in length in a plastic bag to move it away from their work space on Tuesday, before releasing it back into the wild.

They later learned the creature, which was about the side of a human hand, is called a fishing spider and is relatively harmless to humans.

The stuff of nightmares: This six-inch fishing spider was spotted on Tuesday in Indiana 

Workers building a boat at Godfrey Marine in Elkhart (pictured) made the terrifying discovery

Workers building a boat at Godfrey Marine in Elkhart (pictured) made the terrifying discovery

Its long legs allow the spider to walk across water surfaces, where it feeds on insects and small fish.

The massive arachnid is often mistaken for a wolf spider, which is common in Indiana.

Godfrey Marine employee Jacob Collins left a tongue-in-cheek warning Tuesday on Facebook: ‘They found this giant beast on a boat at work today. Beware all Elkhart [County] residents. They are out there and they are real.’

Collins’ status update featured three spine-chilling photos of the critter inside the plastic bag. His post has since gone viral, racking up more than 9,000 shares as of Thursday afternoon. 

The arachnid's long legs allow the spider to walk across water surfaces, where it feeds on insects and small fish

It has been released into the wild

Spine-chilling critter: The arachnid’s long legs allow the spider to walk across water surfaces, where it feeds on insects and small fish. It has been released into the wild 

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