Thursday, July 3, 2008 - CBC News
In an event that Arctic Oceanologists are calling inexplicable Giant Sea spiders, once only thought to live in deep ocean climes, swarmed and attacked the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent. The crew, who all wish to remain unnamed, claim that they were breaking through Ice blocks in the Arctic ocean when the spiders, measuring over two feet in length, swarmed up the sides and started attacking the crew. The crew of the CCGS say that it was simple luck that they had a military escort with them when the attack happened. The Military presence on the Ice breakers, originally intended as a safe guard in case of violent Arctic Water disputes, quickly disposed of the Giant spiders but not before the spiders were able to claim the lives of three Coast Guardsmen (James Simons from Halifax Nova Scotia, Jean Depaul of Hull Quebec, and Maria Sanchez of Toronto ON) .
Arctic Oceanologists around the globe are scurrying to claim some of the dozens of dead spiders that were left aboard the vessel.
[Photo of the deck with dead spiders attached]
