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Today is Friday, October 22nd, 2021.

And we begin with an early Halloween creeping and crawling its way in a parts of Georgia.

Genormous spiders known as Joros are invading the state by the millions

scaring the stuffing out of those who cross its path.

The unwelcome arachnid is brightly colored, grows to three inches across,

and can spin a web several feet in diameter.

According to the Wall Street Journal, while some homeowners are mesmerized

by the yellow, red, and blue-green hues most just want them gone.

Trouble is, those who've gotten rid of one say ten more return to take its place.

The Joros is native to Asia, man likely arrived in the US in a shipping container.

It's recently been spotted in North Carolina and Tennessee,

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