This picture made its way around the internet, thoroughly horrifying most of us.

Here’s a few rumors I heard about camel spiders while deployed to Iraq from '05 - '06:

They can run up to 25 mph

They can grow to the size of house cats

They aren’t actually spiders or scorpions, they’re their own weird type of insect, which leads some people to believe they’re aliens

When they bite you, they inject you with a poison that numbs the bitten area, so you can’t even tell you got bit

They will climb into your bunk at night and clip your hair with their jaws to line their nests

If you see a camel spider, don’t shoot it because you’re more likely to accidentally shoot your foot than the spider

I dont care what you say, BURN IT.