Tarantula

We've heard about tarantulas roaming our neighborhood but had yet to see one for ourselves...that is until yesterday.  Charlie spotted this one hiding in the rocks in our backyard.  We all freaked out until I poked it with a stick only to find that it was dead.  I was relieved because I didn't really want to kill it nor did I want to touch it in any form...heaven forbid it crawl up my stick and onto my arm or something horrible like that.  Since it was dead I quickly disposed of it by flinging it over the fence.  Bye-bye tarantula, please don't tell your family members about us, we really don't want you hanging out in our yard!