Those with arachnophobia will certainly have been attempting to get away fast this morning from Liverpool’s Lime Street station as a 50 foot spider clung to an old city block in the city. The spiders, built by French company La Machine, weighs 37 tonnes and apparently has 50 axes of movement, which are controlled by 12 people who operate the device whilst on it. But why?

Apparently this whole debacle is part of a five-day “piece of street theatre” to celebrate the city as Capital of Culture. The spider will go to other places of the town to undoubtedly confuse and scare a lot more people over the next couple of days, and is believed to “wake up” on Friday. However, the spider certainly is a great idea to attract some tourists (except summer has just gone, why not a bit earlier?).

Built in Nantes, the spider is made from poplar wood and steel (wood, for a natural feel maybe?) and was built in a secret location to stop sneaky eyes seeing what was going on.

Make this so it can be controlled by one person, and I want one.