Scary Story!

Talking to a neighbor who has two homes one on a lake. He (82 years old)and his wife went to the grocery and while she shopped he waited in the car. Well she got what she wanted and went back to the car and opened the door and a 3 foot water moccasin fell out the door. She jumped back and started screaming, a guy saw what happened came over and got him out of the car. The snake crawled under the car and into the engine compartment on top of the trans. bell housing. They could not get the snake out so they drove home! He told me he thinks its gone. Not me I am getting a different ride!! :eek:

wow that is scary. i like snakes but not one in my car.

Water Moccasins are just NUTS. Years ago we fished on some local rivers and they would be up on limbs of trees overhead of your boat, and we've even had one come down out of a tree and start climbing over the transom of the boat. I hit the starter and burned out, leaving him in our wake! :eek: Most snakes try to avoid people, but not Water Moccasins, they will come after you. :eek:

A friend of mine was hunting on the Santee River in South Carolina (or NC, not sure which) in a Duck Boat. A Water Moc dropped out of a tree into his boat, so he freaked out and shot the snake with his 12 gauge........blew a hole in the bottom of the boat. :LOL:

I HATE all snakes!!!!!!!! :eek:

Don

Are they dangerous Don :eek:

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Water Moccasins are just NUTS. Years ago we fished on some local rivers and they would be up on limbs of trees overhead of your boat, and we've even had one come down out of a tree and start climbing over the transom of the boat. I hit the starter and burned out, leaving him in our wake! :eek: Most snakes try to avoid people, but not Water Moccasins, they will come after you. :eek:

A friend of mine was hunting on the Santee River in South Carolina (or NC, not sure which) in a Duck Boat. A Water Moc dropped out of a tree into his boat, so he freaked out and shot the snake with his 12 gauge........blew a hole in the bottom of the boat. :LOL:

I HATE all snakes!!!!!!!! :eek:

Don

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Just googled them and found out they are venomous :eek:

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Are they dangerous Don :eek:

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Yep, they are. We.ve had them come up to our boat and start eating the fish we have on a stringer, hanging over the side, and they DON'T scare away easily. We've hit them with oars and fishing rods and they just keep eating the fish! :eek: They are just NUTS!! :eek:

Here is what Google says about them:

Water Moccasin
This is a heavy-bodied aquatic snake that inhabits the southern US. They are fairly common in Florida. This one was caught in Orlando. They are members of the pit viper family. Most pit vipers are rattlesnakes that live on dry land, but the Water Moccasin does not have rattles, and it lives in water and swampy areas. This snake isn't as agressive as many of the rattlesnakes, but it'll certainly bite if you get too close and it's agitated (or if it senses your heat), and the bite is horrible. It's lethal from a larger snake, and is sure to destroy your tissue and leave you without whatever body part got bitten. Be very careful around this snake.

I too HATE ALL SNAKES, especially those

RattleHeadedCopperMoccasins

Not anything like a Moccasin, but when we came back from the Springfield NSRA Memorial Day doings we found a strange "scat" by an upstairs doorway. I searched the whole house for a couple of hours, and finally told my wife that whatever it was must have gone out the way it came in. The next day (Monday) she was down stairs doing some routine cleaning and I heard a yelp - "Roger, I think I found it, and IT'S A SNAKE!!!" I went down and sure enough we had a 3' black snake curled up behind a box in a spare bedroom. I made a "snake catcher loop" from a polesaw trimmer, and in a few minutes had the snake captured, wrapped on the pole and restrained by the snare loop. I am not a snake fan at any level, but I know that black snakes, garter snakes and other non-venomous snakes do no harm so this one was catch and release. I learned later that snake scat is kind of unique, having both fecal and urinary material in one discharge making it easier to identify.

There was one of those idiot survival guys on Animal Planet or Discovery in the Everglades I think. One water moccasin for every square yard (Don knows). Anyway this guy is walking around finding them and picking them up. Thats crazy!

After reading this guys I think I may just have to have a rethink about my trip to the USA unless i'm allowed to come loaded for bear,so to speak.:eek::eek::eek:

Just watch where you step! There is an old saying about Texas "If it don't bite you, sting you, or stick you, it's a rock"!:LOL:

Heck and we saw a news item on our main news on TV last night about a terrible tornado that struck a town in Texas and one chap was caught right in the middle of it,really scary stuff and what power nature has and destruction,wow.

I was in the Marine Corps with a Cajun and when we would go out in the boonies at Camp Pendleton he'd always slip away at night. He loved to hunt rattlesnakes and at that time, 64-65, Pendleton was full of them. He'd come back with 2 or 3 shaking the rattles which would cause all of our dark skinned brothers to haul azz.
He'd skin them and cook little fillets over an open fire. Not bad tasting, but a little greasy for my liking.

Every time I think about moving from the city to the country, this is the kind of story that changes my mind. I'm fine with spiders, but cannot tolerate a snake.

Now, I understand that in Australia and perhaps New Zealand as well, you blokes have Funnel Web spiders that are fatal and will attack, so I might have to re-think spiders also.

I like snake skin belts, that is about as far as I go to having anything to do with snakes