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• Animal control officers were called to a home in San Mateo, California, on Oct. 3 to rescue a stranded tarantula on the roof, United Press International reported.
But according to the Peninsula Humane Society, when the officer climbed up to capture it, she instead found an old Halloween decoration.
"It looked like it had been up there for a while," said Buffy Tarbox, communications manager for the Humane Society. "Everyone thought it was real."
The fake spider turned up for a few days on various desks at the Humane Society offices, then hit the circular file. [UPI, 10/5/2021]