Joao Fonseca told a local newspaper he thought it would be like any other day in Minas Gerais. He was actually sitting in the car when one of the spiders came out of nowhere and landed next to him inside the car.
Terrified, Joao tried to figure out where the spider came from. Looking outside, he was shocked to see thousands of spiders floating through the air. He decided to capture the moment with the camera while he was still inside the car.
The people of Espiritu Santo do Dorado began to flee in terror and hid in their homes where they thought the spiders were dangerous and poisonous. However, as one animal expert explained, the occurrence is completely normal and spiders contain no poison.
The spiders in the video are actually known as Parawixia Bistriata. These spiders often create large webs 1-2 meters above the ground. The webs create a sort of floating canopy, which the spiders in the video used to move from one area to another.
