I squirrel hunt a lot and do some shredding in the woods a lot and am always running into these spiders. I have never been bitten nor know of anyone who has . I think they are harmless, but still scary. Especially when you feel those little legs crawling on your neck. That's when you do the banana spider 2 step !! What a coincidence! I dreamed I was surrounded by big huge spiders last night. I thought I felt one crawl across my face. I woke up and slapped the s**t out of myself.