Nudist's Spider-Killing Stunt Backfires

A naked man suffered burns to one-fifth of his body when he tried to set fire to a spider at a nudist resort in Australia.

The 56-year-old man tried to kill what he thought was a funnel web spider by pouring petrol down the spider's burrow and igniting it with a match.

But the fuel exploded and the man was left with burns to 18 per cent of his body, on the upper leg and his rear.

Resort staff tried to treated the man before paramedics arrived. He was then flown by helicopter to Sydney's Concord Hospital.

Other resort guests told emergency crews it was probably a harmless trapdoor spider and not a deadly funnel web.

The rescue chopper service stated the obvious and said: "the man's lack of clothing probably contributed to the extent of his burns".

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