text: what was your scariest encounter with a uk house spider? what was your reaction? what happened? > my worse encounter happened in bed. it was early one morning and i woke up with a big hairy house spider over my mouth. terrified, i shouted loudly, jumped up (by which time the spider was crawling widely inside my mouth). i spat it out, stamped on it and then consequently had nightmares about my ugly encounter for several nights after. that is sad!  the only problem i have is catching the critters with the vacuum cleaner. man, they can move fast and its difficult sometimes to get them. thats why i use a dyson for 100% suction all the time!