Current:Home > NewsVideo shows camper's tent "engulfed" by hundreds of daddy longlegs in Alaska national park-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Video shows camper's tent "engulfed" by hundreds of daddy longlegs in Alaska national park
View Date:2024-12-23 20:37:35
A spooky video capturing some real-life Halloween horrors surfaced on social media to honor the holiday on Tuesday, when officials from a national park in Alaska shared footage of a backpacker's camping tent "engulfed" in daddy longlegs.
The clip, which credits E. Kramer and the National Park Service, shows the interior of a tent appearing almost translucent as portions of it are illuminated by the camper's flashlight, shining in front of the camera while the scene is filmed. What seems to be the entirety of the tent is covered in daddy longlegs crawling across the screen. Officials from Lake Clark National Park & Preserve estimated there were "hundreds" of spiders seen in the footage.
Lake Clark, which is about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, is one of the least-visited parks in the United States. The protected area is extremely remote and famous for its wide variety of wildlife.
"In the remote depths of Lake Clark's vast, wild landscape, a weary backpacker settles in for a night at camp after a long day of exploring," the Lake Clark National Park & Preserve wrote on Facebook on Tuesday, captioning the backpacker's video of their night spent in the company of a whole lot of creepy crawlers.
"Little do they know, creatures of the night lurk in the woods, waiting for the opportune moment to strike fear," the caption continued. "Snuggled into their warm sleeping bag, the tired explorer nods off to dreamland…suddenly they are jolted awake with the sense of being covered by creepy crawly creatures of the forest, only to discover their nightmare has become a reality. Hundreds of daddy longlegs have engulfed the tent!"
The term daddy longlegs refers to any one of about 6,000 species of arachnid recognized for their compact bodies and unusually long, thin legs. Although the creatures are actually closely related to scorpions, their appearance often causes them to be mistaken for spiders. Many species of daddy longlegs are omnivores, and, per Encyclopedia Brittanica, they feed on small insects, mites, spiders, vegetable matter and snails.
- In:
- National Park Service
- Alaska
veryGood! (23)
Related
- A Pipeline Runs Through It
- Why Ravens enter bye week as AFC's most dangerous team
- Google is deleting unused accounts this week. Here's how to save your old data
- 2 children among 5 killed in Ohio house fire on Thanksgiving
- Hurricane-stricken Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 season at Yankees’ spring training field in Tampa
- Google is deleting unused accounts this week. Here's how to save your old data
- Vermont Christian school sues state after ban from state athletics following trans athlete protest
- Tiger Woods makes comeback at 2023 Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas
- Mandy Moore Captures the Holiday Vibe With These No Brainer Gifts & Stocking Stuffer Must-Haves
- Remains of a WWII heavy bomber gunner identified nearly 80 years after his death
Ranking
- Will Reeve, son of Christopher Reeve, gets engaged to girlfriend Amanda Dubin
- Will & Grace Star Eric McCormack's Wife Janet Files for Divorce After 26 Years of Marriage
- Horoscopes Today, November 26, 2023
- Central European interior ministers agree to step up fight against illegal migration at EU borders
- NFL playoff picture Week 10: Lions stay out in front of loaded NFC field
- Police arrest suspect in possible 'hate-motivated' shooting of three Palestinian students
- Report says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used alternate email under name of Hall of Fame pitcher
- How the Roswell 'UFO' spurred our modern age of conspiracy theories
Recommendation
-
Why Cynthia Erivo Needed Prosthetic Ears for Wicked
-
12 tips and tricks to unlock the full potential of your iPhone
-
Jennifer Lopez Will Explore Publicly Scrutinized Love Life in This Is Me…Now Film
-
NFL playoff picture after Week 12: Ravens keep AFC's top seed – but maybe not for long
-
Hurricane forecasters on alert: November storm could head for Florida
-
Remains of a WWII heavy bomber gunner identified nearly 80 years after his death
-
Central European interior ministers agree to step up fight against illegal migration at EU borders
-
Puerto Rico opposition party will hold a gubernatorial primary after its president enters race