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WATCH: Woman terrified after spotting giant spider centimetres from her face while driving

A woman had a terrifying drive home with a huge spider clinging just above her head for about 20 minutes.

Video footage shows Bianca Merrick on her way home when she pans the camera up to reveal a huge hairy spider right above her head.

Ms Merrick, who lives near Coffs Harbour on the north coast of New South Wales, said "unfortunately, the spider is real".

The spider was huge. Source: Bianca Merrick
The spider was huge. Source: Bianca Merrick

"I live in the bush near Coffs Harbour so [spiders aren't] too uncommon but they’re usually on the outside of the car not the inside," she told Yahoo7.

"I was on my way home from work when I looked up and saw it staring at me.

"I considered stopping but I didn’t know how I’d get it out of the car so I thought the best option for me was to keep driving and pretend it wasn’t there for the longest 20 minutes of my life."

Ms Merrick said when she arrived home she "slowly got out of the car, locked the door and went to sleep".

"I tried to pretend that it never happened. I checked the car [the next day], armed with Mortein and a broom but there was no spider to be found."

Ms Merrick said it was the longest 20 minutes of her life. Source: Bianca Merrick
Ms Merrick said it was the longest 20 minutes of her life. Source: Bianca Merrick

Ms Merrick turned the camera on herself in the video before yelling "what the f***?".

The video was posted on Facebook Brown Cardigan and has been viewed over 38,000 times.