Odd thought..
Mmm, well, I know at least two people who accused me of being obsessed with [ the spider in my garden], but I couldn't help it, the thing was there for like two weeks, rebuilding its web in the exact same place each evening, and I'm also fairly certain it once took shelter in my (Dad's) car during the day, and scared the heck out of me when I was driving to work.
But yes, "was", is the word, because I think it's gone now, probably killed off since we had a pest-controller come to prevent termites and stuff, apparently. Or maybe it just left. I'm hardly upset, but I do feel kind of disappointed at its absence, now. Weird, huh?