Dont know if this is true, but read this just incase

[Guest guest]

Just a reminder to check for spiders in public restroom toilets.

> An article by Dr. Beverly , in the Journal of the United Medical

> Association (JUMA), the mystery behind a recent spate of deaths has been

> solved. If you haven't already heard about it in the news, here is what

> happened.

>

> Three women in North Florida, turned up at hospitals over a 5-day

> period, all with the same symptoms. Fever, chills, and vomiting, followed

> by

> muscular collapse, paralysis, and finally, death. There were no outward

> signs of trauma. Autopsy results showed toxicity in the blood.

>

> These women did not know each other, and seemed to have nothing in

> common. It was discovered, however, that they had all visited the same

> restaurant (Olive Garden)within days of their deaths. The health

> department descended on the restaurant, shutting it down. The food,

> water, and air conditioning were all inspected and tested, to no avail.

>

> The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed to the

> hospital with similar symptoms. She told doctors that she had been on

> vacation, and had only went to the restaurant to pick up her check. She

> did not eat or drink while she was there, but had used the restroom.

>

> That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read,

> drove out to the restaurant, went into the restroom, and lifted the

toilet

> seat. Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider. The spider

> was

> captured and brought back to the lab, where it was determined to be the

> Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata) , so named because of its

> reddened flesh color. This spider's venom is extremely toxic, but can

> take several days to take effect. They live in cold, dark, damp,

climates,

> and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.

>

> Several days later a lawyer from ville showed up at a hospital

> emergency room. Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had been

> away on business, had taken a flight from Indonesia, changing planes in

> Singapore,before returning home. He did not visit(Olive Garden), while

> there. He did, as did all of the other victims, have what was determined

> to be a puncture wound, on his right buttock.

>

> Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated in

> India. The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate

> inspection of the toilets of all flights from India, and discovered

> the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata) spider's nests on 4

> different planes!

>

> It is now believed that these spiders can be anywhere in the country.

> So please, before you use a public toilet, lift the seat to check for

> spiders. It can save your life! And please pass this on to everyone you

> care

> about.

>

> Officer Sylvia Steele

> University of North Florida

> Science Dept

> 4567 St. s Bluff Road, South

> ville, FL 32224-2645

>