--- title: Video: Spider Dog Prank description: Dog in spider costume freaks people out in the perfect prank by YouTube prankster SA Wardega canonical: https://time.com/3310128/spider-dog-prank-video/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-09T18:16:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:04.652Z og:title: Watch a Little Dog in a Giant Spider Costume Freak People Out in the Perfect Prank og:description: Dog in spider costume freaks people out in the perfect prank by YouTube prankster SA Wardega og:url: https://time.com/3310128/spider-dog-prank-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Little Dog in a Giant Spider Costume Freak People Out in the Perfect Prank twitter:description: Dog in spider costume freaks people out in the perfect prank by YouTube prankster SA Wardega twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Little Dog in Giant Spider Costume Freaks People Out in the Perfect Prank by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 9, 2014 6:16 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 9, 2014 6:16 PM UTC Halloween is over a month a way, but it’s never too early to stage a scary prank. YouTube prankster [SA Wardega](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdZwMpK-iWqCos46xPscDeg) is terrifying millions of people with his viral video of a ‘spider dog.’ The Polish prankster dressed his dog up as a giant mutant spider that is terrifying, if you didn’t look too closely at the goofy dog face grinning underneath the costume. Wardega then set [Chica the spider dog](https://www.facebook.com/chicathedogspider/info) loose on the unsuspecting public and kept his cameras rolling. While one would think a dog in a spider costume would elicit more laughs than screams, the prankster used the dark of night, an unsuspecting public, creepy locals, and an especially unsettling costume to transform the pup into a plus-sized tarantula with a giant side of NOPE. Throw in some prop body parts and a well-placed web and the results are pure terror …and some dog kisses. **MORE**: [Teens React to the Nintendo Entertainment System in Hilarious Video](http://time.com/3303348/teens-react-to-nes/) **MORE**: [Dad Makes Bullied Goth Teen Daughter Feel Loved in the Most Amazing Way](http://time.com/3303918/goth-teen-dad-hornbach-ad/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3310128/spider-dog-prank-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3310128/spider-dog-prank-video/"},"headline":"Little Dog in Giant Spider Costume Freaks People Out in the Perfect Prank","datePublished":"2014-09-09T18:16:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:04.652Z","description":"12 legs and one long tongue.","url":"https://time.com/3310128/spider-dog-prank-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","Videos","Pranks","Viral Videos","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3310128/spider-dog-prank-video/","name":"Little Dog in Giant Spider Costume Freaks People Out in the Perfect Prank"}}]}] ```