Description Amazing Medical Stories 2002; Brown Recluse bite that happened to Dale Losher in Pekin, Illinois on May 2002. The apartment complex he lived in was infested. These things are for real. The Tazwell County Health Department confirmed 24 out of 24 spider samples he sent in from the apartment were deadly Brown Recluses. The map of the BR territory was moved up to Chicago, Illinois after this. Still years later people are finding and identifying BRs in the area and yes there are more bites.