Teen calls 911 after finding 'massive freaking' spider on her couch... and an obliging officer kills it with a rolled up newspaper

In the bizarre August 16 call, the frantic Oregon teen prefaces her predicament by saying 'I just kind of have a ridiculous question'

She says the spider is the size of a baseball and her mom was recently bit



The 911 dispatcher contemplated how to handle the situation and agreed to send an officer who killed the spider with a rolled up newspaper

An Oregon teen recently called 911 to report an intruder in her home - but rather than a brazen thief, it turned out to be a 'massive freaking' spider.

In the bizarre, and amusing, August 16 emergency call, the frantic teen prefaces her predicament by saying 'I just kind of have a ridiculous question.'



She then explains how she discovered the baseball-sized arachnid getting comfortable on a piece of furniture in her room in the family's Forest Grove residence.

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Spider: A Seattle teen recently called 911 to report an intruder in her home, pictured, but rather than a brazen thief, it turned out to be a 'massive freaking' spider

'I'm home alone and there is a giant spider on the back of my couch, and I'm talking giant. I've never seen a spider this big and I have no idea what to do,' she told the slightly perplexed operator.

The teen estimated the spider was the size of a baseball and said it was appeared similar to a tarantula.



She told the handler that she generally wasn't fazed by spiders, but a family member was recently bitten by one and had to go to the hospital.



She said she initially tried to get hold of her parents but failed.

Massive: 'I'm home alone and there is a giant spider on the back of my couch, and I'm talking giant. I've never seen a spider this big and I have no idea what to do,' she said. It's not clear what type of spider it was (stock photo)

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'I don't know if you guys have anything I can do, or if I just sit here and stare at it and wait for someone to get home to kill it,' she asked in the genuine plea, according to KPTV .



The 911 dispatcher contemplated how to handle the situation, and finally agreed to have an officer contact the panicked teen.



'Is that ridiculous?' she asked.



When the officer arrived at the home, he reported the spider was about 2 inches in diameter and disposed of it with an old-fashioned rolled up newspaper, police said.

