On This Date in Minnesota History: November 27

November 27, 1912 – This morning while H. Sand, clerk for W. G. Schroeder of Bemidji, was cutting bananas, he discovered a tarantula and had a very narrow escape from being bitten. The tarantula clung to Mr. Sand’s finger but he shook it off before it could bite. It was immediately put into a glass jar and put on exhibition in Schroeder’s store.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Discovers Big Tarantula”; Nov. 27, 1912; p. 1.

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