A family in Mercer County says they found a spider in a bag of grapes.

Vikki Spencer and her daughter Amanda Masotto, from Sharpsville, believe it was a black widow spider. The arachnid appeared to have the distinctive red hour glass shape on it.

They bought the grapes from a Giant Eagle in Hermitage.

Amanda was washing the grapes when she thought she saw a tomato stem in the bag.

“And I went in to reach in to grab the tomato stem because I didn’t think it should be there obviously and then it moved,” she said. “So that’s when I threw the bag down and I said, ‘Mom, there’s a spider in the bag.’ ”

Amanda was not bitten.

Thoughts:

1.  Grapes are from nature.  Spiders live in nature.  A spider could conceivably be hanging out in some grapes.  Why is this news?  It’s not like they found a black widow spider hanging out in a freshly opened package of bikini underwear or anything.  Now THAT’S news.

2.  Who called KDKA about this?  “Yeah, KDKA, I just wanted to let you know that … are you sitting down, KDKA?  Okay.  I found a spider in my grapes.  When can you come by with the camera crew?  Will Ken Rice be there?”

3.  The only way I’m calling KDKA about a spider found running amok through my grapes is if that spider is a tarantula.  A dancing tarantula.  That appears to have a picture of a weeping Mary etched in his fur.

Category: Eye rolls, Local media, Weird Burghers | July 1, 2008 | | ShareThis