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Clock Spider or Clockspider refers to a series of 3 photographs depicting a large huntsman spider hiding behind a wall clock.

Origin

On April 4th, 2003, klipsch.com community forum user kenratboy created a thread entitled "LOOK AT THIS WOLF SPIDER!!!" in which he posted three photographs taken in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.The first one depicted a zoomed out view of a large huntsman spider showing its size in relation to a nearby window, the second depicted the clock with the spider's legs visible underneath, and a third showed a close up of the spider.^[1]

Spread

On June 22nd, 2003, Urban Dictionary user dj gs68 created an entry for Clock Spider.^[2] The first YTMND site concerning Clock Spider was created on August 7, 2005.^[3]

Search Interest

External References

^[1] LOOK AT THIS WOLF SPIDER!!! – General Klipsch Questions & Info – The Klipsch Audio Community

^[2] Urban Dictionary: Clock Spider

^[3] Horror Of ClockSpider – Created on: August 7th, 2005