Oh, I was afraid of them very much back in the my youngster days. So much so that I've constructed anti-spider mini-flamethrower, just to fell safe when I was stayin' at my grandma house (place is crawling with those bastards). I didn't really use it that much until I was 14 or 15 and had a MAJOR infestation of spiders one summer. Throughout the entire week I burned hundreds upon hundreds of them. At first every single encounter was a nightmare, but then I slowly realised that they're more afraid of me than I am of them. Especially when THE FIRE IS ON :]