Weird News: Spiders Mummify Trees in Pakistan
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Flood waters in Pakistan are responsible for this eerie set of photos. It seems they were taken after several million spiders fled the surging tide and ended up roosting in trees for an extended period. A mummified, otherworldly appearance is the result.
Aside from stirring up anxious prongs of arachnophobia, the sight is deeply reminiscent of weird horror. These scenes form a natural counterpart to "The Ash-Tree" by M.R. James (best enjoyed in S.T. Joshi's annotated edition, Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories). Had someone set the plants on fire, a hideous legend may have been born.
-Grim Blogger
