This spider showed up on my balcony.  It was friggin gigantic.  GIGANTIC.  Creep.  Me.  Out.

I hate to say that he had to be killed – I was in favour of gently luring it into the woods to live out its life in peace.  If I had any measure of courage, I would be out there in a full body mosquito net-suit, trying to catch him in a paper cup, then running across the street to release him in the park.  But I am a wiener about spiders, so I asked assistance from a gentleman.  I suppose I have to accept his methods: