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Amy Reast

Man feared he would lose penis after waking up to find black widow spider bite

A man claims he was hospitalised and feared he would lose his penis after being bitten by a black widow spider.

Fergus Farrelly, 26, says he woke up one morning and spotted a painful marble-sized lump on his private parts - which kept growing larger and larger.

Baffled and in pain, the construction worker was rushed to hospital when the lump began to go a dark purple colour.

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