could the Sydney huntsman spider which are very venomous but docile when not attacked. My wife had a similar spider to the one pictured in her office. The two used to watch each other. This went of for quite some time then the spider came closer to my wife, but still a fair distance between them. One particular day it was on the ceiling above my wife, it lowered itself down to her eye level, still at least 1.5 metres from any contact. then went back to the ceiling. Next day I saw the spider near the door so I showed it the way out. it went outside and stayed for 2 days then disappeared.

DEAD