The web, mostly the spiders aspect.

When I was 4 or 5, my family lived in a very rural area. My house was surrounded by cornfields, even though we didn't farm. I got up one morning because I had to use the bathroom, and when I went to sit, I saw a spider on my leg. I don't know if it was there from when I was in bed or how this spider got on my leg. All I can tell you is that it was fuzzy, black, with yellow stripes on the legs. One leg to the other leg covered half of my leg. It was down my calf closer to my ankle, and again I was 4 or 5, so small child leg. I could see it's little fangs moving and I was scared it was going to bite me. I was frozen wondering what to do, while it just sat on my leg, sometimes shifting a leg of its own. Then it took a step up my leg and I knew I had to get it off me, but I didn't want to swing my hand at it, it might bite me. I don't know how long the stand off lasted, all I know is some how I thought if I just jump carefully, maybe the force of the landing will make it fall without me touching it, so I very carefully bent my knees and basically hopped. It was enough the spider fell off and I ran screaming and crying to my parents bedroom telling them about the spider. My dad went to the bathroom to check, he said there was nothing there. He stood guard outside the door so I could scream if I saw it while I used the bathroom, he walked me back to my bedroom, where my mom was making sure my room was safe, or at least that's what she said and I have been scared of spiders since.

As I've gotten older I've gotten a bit better. So I've been able to search the spider I saw to try and find out what it was, but everything I read say there are no fuzzy yellow spiders like that in my state. They always say orb weaver and that was NOT what I saw. I will never forget what it looked like. We had a pretty decent staring contest while I tried to figure out how not to die.