Weatherman Freaks Out Over 'Gigantic' Spider Live On Air

A meteorologist got the fright of his life when what looked like a gigantic spider appeared on his weather map during a live report.

Bryan Hughes let out a high-pitched scream as the arachnid crawled across a camera lens just before he was going to forecast the weather for West Virginia on WOWK 13 News on Thursday.

"Argh! Jeez Louise!" he cried out in terror -- even though the spider was clearly only normal sized, though it appeared much bigger on the screen because of its projection.

Hughes walked away in a bid to compose himself. "Why did that just happen? I nearly lost my lunch," he added. "Oh man, saints alive, we've gotta get out there and kill those things."

I couldn't help it. Honestly! I screamed like a little girl. Now, where's the matches and gasoline?!? https://t.co/ik6PHMdZvm

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I couldn't help it. Honestly! I screamed like a little girl. Now, where's the matches and gasoline?!? https://t.co/ik6PHMdZvm
Bryan Hughes (@bryanweather) May 19, 2016

Video of his hilarious broadcast was posted online and Hughes soon became a viral sensation .

As the footage spread across the world, Hughes tweeted he "couldn't help" screaming out. "Honestly! I screamed like a little girl," he wrote. "Now, where's the matches and gasoline?"

But things could have been much worse.

At least the arachnid didn't touch him -- unlike fellow weatherman Aaron Perlman, who was reporting the morning forecast on KBFX in Bakersfield, California, in 2014 when a live spider fell down onto him from the ceiling.

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