Recluse Spider Chases Me Out Of Creepy Room In 140 Year Old House!

On this video, I’m back in the "creepy room" at the Old Byrd Farm house, which feels like a tomb tucked away at the back of the house. After previously removing 200 lbs of trash, I’m here on a rainy Georgia day, continuing to clear out even more. While working, I make some fascinating historical discoveries before a brown recluse spider sends me running out of the room!

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[@anniasamples5847]

creeped out creepy crawlers shiver kinda day awww just started havin fun going thru the treasure hunt

[@NormaMueller-cs3vf]

Brown recluse spiders are bad. I got bit a few years ago. Had to take antibiotics for the bite.

[@JrsGr8te]

Why aren't you married; you're so cute 🥰!?!?

[@JoyceB-qv9xq]

@@JrsGr8te I do believe he is!!

[@JoyceB-qv9xq]

Love rain, especially listening to it when I'm warm and toasty by a fire.

[@karenwright9123]

You need some diatomaceous earth in and around your house. It kills all kinds of crawlers especially spideys. It draws moisture and dries them up within hours. 4 lbs is like $8 at Tractor Supply now.😊It beats spraying chemicals,especially since you have pets. You also have so much more to get done before you can button the house up. It's more of a problem while you have floors out. Gives you a chance to treat the ground though. Put some in the attic,too,if you want. You just have so many places for them to hide,old shoes,clothes,coats,etc.etc.lions and tigers and bears oh my...😅😳spiders!!!👀🕷🕷🕷🕸🕸loves you anyway!!!💞from Ky.

[@jackierash9680]

I got all the old black and white photos and I'm glad I got them and made 6 copies of each and it was great to see my grandma's only sister who died when she was 9 and grandma never talked about her but I'm glad I got them after my dad was gone in 2018

[@peggyharris3301]

Nice!!

[@southernbiscuits1275]

Robert, I have been catching up on your Old Byrd Farm videos. You should be SO proud of what you're accomplishing. To see someone who honors the past, who believes in themselves to make a change is heartwarming and uplifting. Bless you in your efforts and thank you for all the time and effort you put into sharing your journey with us viewers!

[@margaretgarls153]

OMG! Glad you are safe!

[@beverlybennett963]

Rainy days with a tin roof is great for naps, reading and watching old movies...Oh and eating..... I love it... Peace Out......

[@jillberry2802]

And knowing that his roof isn't leaking anymore.

[@brendahogue5487]

Robert love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you Robert working on the old Byrd farm house

[@mavisstaton1530]

Years ago my husband and I visited Savannah and took a tour of the city. Our guide was late and our substitute was the owner of the company. She had personally known and partied with the characters in the book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Best tour ever! You must visit.

[@OZARKMEL]

Beautiful bed frame in the "creepy" room! It would make a great "flower bed" put outside with flowers planted as a "mattress". Build a box around the inside frame, fill with dirt and plant away!

[@anjanettealexander3993]

I like that idea!!

[@anjanettealexander3993]

The flowers could look like a patchwork quilt!!

[@diane1390]

I don't blame you for wanting to leave if that's a brown recluse spider. My sister stepped on a brown recluse spider when she was only 9 and nearly died. She had issues with her health for years, and we're all surprised that she survived.

[@suzanna5764]

❤ask your mom, she might know who's who in pictures

[@cindys.9688]

I'm so sorry about that. How scary. I didn't know that health complications could last for years.

[@diane1390]

@@cindys.9688 in spite of all she's been through, she still managed to get a college degree.

[@raallen1468]

Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil is my longtime favorite book & movie!!! I read the book & watched the movie multiple times. Visited Savannah several times over the past decade, also!

[@peggyharris3301]

Whew…brown recluse spiders are bad dudes!! Be careful!

[@marywilliams341]

Oh, you don't want a bite from a recluse spider. wow

[@glenbo2464]

I was bitten by a brown recluse in my friends 1936 mansion basement. It turned into cellulitis and was very painful. They had to cut the center of it out ! OUCH ! I would not be crawling around on that floor with open pant legs ! lol Wear long socks and tuck the pant legs into them.

[@debrafricano1486]

Same happened to me in Mississippi years ago. It was so painful!

[@joeoller1592]

That snake video of you cleaning out the cabinet was scary. Personally I don't like snakes or spiders, but what you encountered in that cabinet really got to me. I was raised on snakes here in Kentucky and have always been scared of them. My granddaddy kept black snakes in his barn. Didn't go in there.

[@patches4470]

Why did he keep them in the barn?

[@heden1460]

I was just bitten on the leg by a brown recluse, which makes two times for me. The first time was about 20 years or so ago. They are very fast. I hope you got bug spray too.

[@Linney321]

Your display room looks cozy. Great to hear the old clock whether that was the correct time or not. Old pictures are the best. I had to laugh when the OBF gave you a box that didn't open. You didn't specify it had to open too! And I guess 150 pounds of trash. Sure hope you find your gloves.

[@marywilliams341]

If there is one brown recluse there are more, it's babies

[@wandaminicka-wojturska1128]

It was very interesting job in this room. I like old letters and photos. Greetings from Poland.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thanks for sharing! So glad you’re back at the house!

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Robert, I can not express how much I admire you in taking all this one form 4 yrs ago til now, and all that you should be so proud of that you have thus far accomplished. I agree that everything has to be gone thought to find the little bits and pieces of things tha6t are so important to your family. be interesting to read some of those letters between your grandparents form back in the 1950's🙂, a side of them you never knew, and now can have that chance. Amazing.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I’m absolutely with you on the spiders! Nothing is scarier than a spider! I’m usually dead set against poisons, but spider bombs are the exception. Shut the door, set off two spider bombs, leave it closed up, and come back two days later. You should be ok.🤗❤️🐝

[@cindys.9688]

Same here! Spider bombs are cool ... except when you find the spider carcasses afterwards. I've seen it ONCE. Ewww!😜

[@mowergal9776]

I hate spiders! House is coming along. Take time and enjoy the treasures. How's Uncle Ken doing? Sure, I would enjoy seeing him soon.! Stay safe, Robert..

[@debbiecox6523]

Midnight In The Garden of Evil is an excellent book , one of my all time favorites !!!!!

[@gloriaa5060]

You never know, someone could be watching and recognize someone in the pictures.

[@karenshepler7128]

You did well at lest one seventy to two hundred pounds as it’s a lot of work as I am dealing with two estates at the same time 😮what a job !!! Thanks for sharing 😊😊😊

[@lovebuzz1979]

Nothing better than listening to falling rain. All those old letters you found are awesome like going right back to that time. Fun video except the spider😮😮😮

[@marcbrunson6986]

Chili on a pour down day. Very nice and cool that you found a silver platter. Still no Confederate treasure? You still provide motivation for me to keep on my cleaning and sorting projects I've been working on.

[@danadyd59]

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a favorite of mine. The movie is great as well. I live in northwestern Illinois. We have wolf spiders. Suckers are huge and hairy. Very scary!

[@ShannonStanley31]

Yikes! I hate spiders to! Not so much when they're outside- but this year we had several large creepy wolfspiders in our house. Aaaahhh 😖 Stay safe Robert.

[@marywright6759]

Brown recluse are dangerous. My daughter got bit by one in TN and was in a lot of pain. She still has the scars on her arm after 16 years.

[@lindaniedo1216]

My brother got bit last year by a recluse. His foot looked like he got shot by a .22. He lives in Oklahoma. Be careful! Love your videos❤

[@Robins-wings]

Spiders creep me out too! Also look back on that video and see all the gnats/mosquitoes/poisonous flying things! flying out of all that paper. 🕸🕷🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️

[@gigicostlow4414]

There weren't any mosquitos or gnats or any poisonous critters flying out of the paper. They will not be in the paper or anything else in the room. What you are seeing looks like small moths and maybe some gnats attracted to the light. Totally harmless.

[@laurahurst1960]

Those books look interesting on the shelf ❤

[@WeTookTheLongWayHome]

Yikes!!! I’d run too!

[@sherrie545]

Making progress with all those full bags to take to the dump. Hope you stepped on that brown recluse so it can’t bite anyone.

[@cclyon]

You do need a dumpster but not to just shovel into. It would still make your job easier. I do enjoy watching your journey.

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Ya it really would

[@buddyhenson2559]

By the way, I’m not sure if you’ve upgraded your equipment or not, but the video quality is exceptional. Very clear and vibrant. Great job!

[@larrysmith6499]

That is seven less bags of trash in there. I don't do spiders either. Be safe my friend

[@SondraD7676]

Yikes! Gloves, my first thought. Now I have the creepy crawlies. Trash to the dump, 227lbs, but since we don't know what went in, total shot in the dark. 🕷👀👍👍

[@karenshepler7128]

Omg I am terrified of spiders 🕷️ and now I have the hebe gebes

[@siericalandis7303]

1957 year my daddy was born. 58 my mommas year. Sadly they are both gone. I'm enjoying watching this channel

[@dsinavich5141]

Oh My they were young ..I was born in 1957. .. I'm 67. ...so sad your parents passed young.....🙏. Deb 🇨🇦

[@mistyadams-ok8cr]

I'm with u Robert i hate spiders they creep me out big time. yuk.

[@Chaotic-Demise77]

Much respect to you Robert. It's looking better & better. I like how you're saving the furniture as much as you can and just a suggestion, if you have murphy's oilorold english, wipe the furniture with that with a soft cloth.

[@KatefromOZ62-e5o]

Nothing worse, than creepy crawlies sneaking up on you. Those old letters will be great to read. Every little bit, gets you closer to a clean out. Another great video, Robert. You always make me laugh, and start my day off smiling. We get Huntsman here, the size of a tea cup saucer. So grose. Have a great day.

[@carolb29]

yep that's one spider you do NOT want to mess with

[@raallen1468]

Call the local Orkin Man!! Now!!

[@chrisw422]

Just squash them, caught one trying to get into my bed after washing and drying the linens one night, thing saw me come into the room, was on a bed side table by the bed and it hopped on the bed and went in the pillow case. Shook it out, smashed it with a shoe when it tried to recluse itself. The stories say, different from what the original online stuff was about these spiders, is they often sleep in beds, but tend to bite when a person rolls over on them. Check your bedding especially after putting warm dried linens on it, they enjoy the warm stuff also, especially in old homes.

[@scottzehrung4829]

I knew a guy that almost lost his index finger, didn’t hurt at first then felt like it was on fire a few days later.

[@jennifletcher2095]

Yesss! When I first moved to Alabama (years ago), I rented an old house. Needless to say got bit on my arm near my elbow! It was not bad at first, but in a couple of weeks the area was swollen, painful, and the center had turned black. Having the dead tissue cut out was way worse than the bite!

[@DeeDee-dl7sl]

Keep a spray bottle of 70% or higher alcohol. Spray spiders or other bugs, kills them. Also keep a small bottle of pure tea tree oil on the farm. Good for bites, stings small cuts, fungus, ring worm etc Great stuff!

[@alanemosley2696]

I hate spiders too. Love your videos. Take care Be safe

[@mygrammieis]

LOVE Treasure Hunting with you🎉

[@ChipSmith-wd8ch]

Robert, my guess for the trash bags weight is 170 lbs. And careful with the spiders. I bet THE OTHER ROBERT has some good advice to share on spiders and avoiding them.

[@dennisjacobs7589]

Enjoy that book Robert, it is one of my favorites. I read it when it first came out.

[@alanatolstad4824]

You always play great git-er-done music.---Are there family members interested in history as much as you & will also find your treasures of importance? I hope so, as some of my siblings are and some aren't.---Whenever you share your pet-peeves, or heeby-jeebies, I can only imagine how much better you make some folks feel about their own scariest things.

[@lucrom1097]

Good work Robert you te best te House te opruimen thans te video Top week friend 👍🚚✔️🧤☕

[@KatefromOZ62-e5o]

Thanks for telling us about the book you're reading. I researched it after your video. I've started listening to the ebook, and I've watched the interview with the author. And a short of the movie. The Mercer Williams house is beautiful. Savannah sounds like a beautiful place.

[@65OrangeCrush]

Look at the fiddle on the back. Def a BRC

[@nancymoore3456]

Nice video midnight in the garden of good and evil is great book savannah is our fav place in the usa behind new orleans spiders are much bigger in costa rica where we are now monkeys too

[@nancymoore3456]

Its a wonderful here very hot haven't been down to tamarindo costa rica since covid

[@joysmetaphysicalnaturechannel]

I'm only at 9minutes and 40 sec. in watching, and a nervous wreck lol. Wondering where that spider is, and looking for it as your going through that old suitcase. Well back to the video now. lol

[@Court75]

They generally don't want to be near you and will try to go away. But yes, they can go fast when they want. If you think you might have brown recluse spiders, you might want to spray around that room just for safe measure. I know your floor is open in the hallway, but still, that's some piece of mind that any that were in that room specifically will die or leave. Maybe wear long sleeves and definitely gloves and long pants.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

maybe you should use bug spray before you go into a room to clean. 150-lbs for the 7 bags. great job Robert, yes there are things that just creep you out! my dad had a big pet spider! one time he got spooked, it was in an aquarium, he went and fed it to realize it was on the wrong side of the glass! but he carefully put it back on the inside!

[@evilladollyz7602]

My old house was infested with brown recluses. I never got bit once. For the most part they mind their own business lol

[@anniasamples5847]

[@luannestrickland4199]

Love the old photos. So worth moving slowly and thoroughly on such items.

[@tayloralexander7597]

Sharon here...I'd guess 34lbs. Be very careful around any spider, but recluce are really troublesome. Get some spray or a bomb to set off and come back later. See you next video... 👍☺❤😮

[@JaneMcKee-l4b]

That’s a great book!

[@Pets-n-Treats]

Hi, it's been a minute since I watched. Infact you were removing a couple tables from the entrance. Believe me, it does look like you've made progress on the room.

[@roxannesykes415]

Brown recluse do indeed move fast

[@debranelson1987]

Chili is the new oatmeal for breakfast....bon appetite!

[@carrieann1640]

I have a little problem with spiders too, but I let them be. There seemed to be a bunch of flying insects in the room too.

[@willowhouse2]

the condition of the room..sure there are more spiders-that would be expected..wear gloves!!

[@Carolbearce]

The book you mentioned is an awesome read! I hate spider, you always feel like they are crawling on you.

[@MillerMeteor74]

I have shared pictures of my grandparents' farm house in the fan group. My grandfather bought the farm with his first wife in 1922. He was divorced around 1930 or so and married my grandmother in 1938. By then he was 42. Anyway, they lived there till 1988, when it was sold. So the house was never abandoned, fortunately. My grandmother kept diaries starting in the mid 80s till the mid 2000s. There are entries from 1988 in which she says she went up in the attic and threw away a lot of letters and postcards, ahead of their move to the place my parents built for them. I find that very sad. But we still have tons anyway.

[@Nancy_Schmancy]

I understand accumulating a lot of stuff over the years, but how does a house get so trashed like that? Did someone use it as a dump site or was it vandalized? Just asking out of curiosity. I am enjoying the transformation you are making to the house and property. That's an amazingly huge project.

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Both.

[@janinecollins938]

Hobart Tasmania Australia 🦘 watching love your videos we have snow and rain here

[@debkrummreich3883]

Cover all's and gloves are good idea . Doing good job.

[@libertyandjustus8258]

One brave Soul !

[@andrewowens9382]

Well rorobert 😊it's great to find the letters of your grandparents and it's your family history you are lucky they have survived 🙏 and the photos 📸 Walter might recognise them 😊 and look out for anymore SPIDERS 🕷 😀 all the best Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧

[@MrJeep75]

Love the house projects

[@marilyngaeta1362]

I think you should buy stock in trash bags. lol Be careful with that spider. I looked it up and it is not a spider to mess with. I am older than some of your mail but I enjoyed watching you look quickly through them. Take care Robert.

[@dsinavich5141]

Robert ....yes use gloves ...get some spider spray...and some help to go through all the stuff.....be careful......have a nice week ..... Deborah 🇨🇦🙏

[@Lorriann63]

I found a Brown Recluse spider in my mailbox one time. You can bet I threw all that mail and made sure the sider wasn't still on any of the mail before taking it back up again. I was lucky I didn't get bitten. I understand your hebbie-jeebies! Take care, Robert!

[@cindys.9688]

Oh my gosh!!😱 I tell you, you would've heard me screaming a mile away if that were me!😭

[@marthavojtko6268]

Spiders do the same thing to me too Robert! 😵

[@barbaradw9969]

You should check out the Huntsman Spiders ! I had a close call with one this summer while in Japan !

[@billymcmanus9642]

I love old family pictures. I found pics from the late 1800s and 1900s of family on my mom's side of the family of aunts of my mother who were nuns at the church my family still belongs to and my great great grandparents. It's funny to see pictures of how Brookline village was back then with horse and buggies parked in front of stores

[@GabrielSeigel]

When you found a box without an opening had us rolling... Good stuff.

[@sherrilee230]

175 # and I hate spiders. I'll wake up during the middle of the night looking for one if I have an idea there's one around

[@gigicostlow4414]

I love reading old letters and looking at old pictures. Spiders and snakes don't bother me but I'd be wary of the recluse. It would drive me nuts until I found it and got rid of it. Can always set off a bomb in there and close the door for a few days. Set the bomb on the wood box which was probably used as a little table. I have 2 beds similar to the one in that room. One was my granny's and grandpa's and the other was my great grandpa's. I love listening to the rain too.

[@SweetOne.]

See you had every reason to be wary of that room. Always trust your gut!

[@Melissa-HoneyBee]

I like the curtains in the background.

[@debbieellis5074]

Robert, those of us who have bug phobias, can totally understand.

[@shellydehart8217]

I’m sorry but I had to laugh just a bit. Watching you get the shivers about that spider it tickled me a bit. I don’t like spiders either especially brown recluse ones or black widows. I think you did the right thing… you got the heck out of there. I suggest next time wear gloves n have bug spray close at hand. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍🌟🐾🐾🐾🐈‍⬛ PS. Please don’t throw out that metal bed frame. It’s a goody to hand to. 🥰

[@cheryllakin6736]

Most every person that I knew bitten by a brown recluse was at nigth sleeping, and tbe spidet crawled under their pj.

[@gharr1405]

Gives me the shivers that your not wearing a mask.

[@BobBerry-b1l]

250 lbs. is my guess. Brown recluse, very bad like black widow!😨

[@peggywilson9929]

Be careful Robert ❣️❣️

[@sandysue202]

I got bit by one years ago. It was a small one, probably a juvenile, so the damage done wasn't real serious, but the scar is still there, 40 years later. For a long time, there was a big divot on that finger because some flesh died and fell away. It did hurt! And, where you see one, there will be more. They do love to hide in papers and anywhere that is undisturbed. Always wear gloves and don't leave the gloves laying around when you take them off. The spiders have been known to slip down inside where it's dark, waiting on unsuspecting fingers. A zip lock bag, tightly zipped up would be a good place to keep them after wearing them. And get good leather gloves, Robert. As we speak, I know I have some recluse spiders in my garage and out in the metal barn. I spray a lot with pure bleach and Miss Muffets Revenge!!

[@ndog2005]

Hope spider is ok. Yes, a bit creepy..

[@SmileyCovington]

Absolutely Beautiful! My Dream ❤️

[@mhale-mi9iy]

I hate spiders! Spray the house. I’ve been chased by those things when I got my house. Got rid of those things. Don’t have house any more.

[@sheilam4964]

Well. Since you edited and uploaded this vid we know you are safe and sound. Good to know. Be safe, please.

[@MARY-nx1gu]

Hey Robert can you send some of that rain to south west Ohio? We haven't seen any measurable rain in weeks.

[@KathyHajek]

95 lbs….i bet it’s the spirit touching you..if you believe

[@theSeaHag]

Whoever’s haunting that room didn’t want you in that suitcase! 😂