Cranberry Spiders

Washington Post

“If you don’t want me to ruin cranberries for you, then I would swipe away,” says one TikTok that’s been viewed more than a million times. “In every single cranberry field there could be thousands of spiders crawling all over everybody’s favorite holiday fruit.”

Another video, viewed almost 25 million times, shows a farmer wading through a ruby-red bog while a voice-over sternly intones, “This is the most terrifying job in the world.” More

One Canadian gets down into the bog and investigate the claims of spiders among the cranberries and separate truth from arachnophobia. Watch

15 Comments on Cranberry Spiders

  1. Different Tim – I make good coffee at home, but if I really want the Starbux experience I’ll pour myself a cup, call out my own name incorrectly, light a five dollar bill on fire then scrape the ashes into the cup!

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  2. Way back in our 20’s, my brother hauled tomatoes from farms to a ketchup processor and, after what he saw, would never eat ketchup again. Must have been pretty gross because he had a high tolerance for all things filthy, greasy, and smelly but I wouldn’t know because ketchup is one of the few bits of junk food I indulge in on occasion and I never let him give me the details. Don’t think I’m gonna click on the cranberry videos either…

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  3. The jumping spiders pictured probably have nothing to do with the cranberries, but they are cute little spiders! They will jump onto my hand when I put my hand close enough to them. They never bite. Had one jump onto my rifle at the range one time; firing the rifle didn‘t faze the little guy at all. 😆

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  4. I had a stoner friend back in the 70’s who laughed hysterically when he first heard about barking spiders. I used to tell my kids when they were little whenever I farted that was it an invisible barking spider until they caught on that I was making it up.

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