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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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

I'm with a lot of you and don't do snakes. About 10 or so years ago, my church in WI became mission partners with a church in TX. We went down there and cleaned out a ditch and built Sunday school rooms. We had a group in the ditch and after cutting down a tree, a number of baby snakes came out of the trunk. Needless to say, the snakes were killed by my youth and adults. At lunch, we were asking about the snakes and after looking at them, we were told they were water moccasins. Needless to say, I'm glad that the adult snakes weren't around.
They also told a story about a funeral that they had shortly after the church was built. They were able to use the building, but it was not completely done. Anyway, the pastor was doing the worship service and this black snake came in from under the door and slithered up to the casket. It finally went into a plant and so a gentleman from the congregation went up and took the plant outside. The pastor didn't have a clue what was happening until after service. If I was that pastor, that would have been a good thing. Did I mention that I do NOT do snakes?

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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.

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I have just done a goggle search on the funnel web spider and it looks like Australia is now off my bucket list of places I would like to visit. I honestly don't thing we have anythig here in NZ that would kill you like gators,snakes or spiders like you fellas have.;)

Hee-hee!!! I love snake stories. I think I might have a hard time with "moccasins", though. I've been around snattlerakes, buzzworms, rattlers all my life, and never seen one try to get into or on my bike, truck, or whatever, like Don says about those mocs - yeah, that's just NUTS; that would get exciting in a hurry. :eek::eek::LOL:

Whip, no need to put off your trip, they won't chase you down and eat you, just make your heart race a wee bit, if, and that is a long if, you come into contact with one. There are probably some boys down in Texas who'd even take you out hunting those big Texas rattlers; they have several roundups down there each year, or at least, they used to - the PETA people might have put a stop to them, for all I know.

And, regarding Australia: they have what may be the worlds deadliest snake there, a Brown Adder, or some such thing - and I hear that they can be quite aggresive, too.

All we have in New Zealand is a charming little spider called a Katipo..Not that easy to find,it is venomous,but its only the female ya got to worry about,and only certain times of the year...:LOL::LOL:
There are a few other spiders that are quite large,the wolf,up to about 2 inches across the legs,,the Avondale,which,if any of you saw the movie,Arachnaphobia,you saw them..those big pale suckers are them...just big,not dangerous,,just scare the whoopsies outta you..They are only in Auckland,still,hopefully..:D
No snakes..thankfully,they dont do it for me either..although they look kool as boots..:D

http://a href="http://s891.photobuck...y/?action=viewHey everyone,heres one i found a couple of weeks ago out in my yard. Was doing some brush work on the tractor. When i walked up on him he charged me. Wasnt real easy to hit with a 9mm pistol.The wife was behind me,laughing her @## off.

guess i forgot how to post a pic sorry

lets try this again

New pair of shoes for your wife...:D

That looks like an Osage Copperhead, and Powell, MO is certainly the right area. Copperheads are normally very shy.

Snakes don't bother me at all. I've always been for catch and release - even for the poisonous ones, as long as they are away from populated areas. I guess it comes from growing up in the country.

Thats a baddy too!! Copperhead. Very unfriendly. My wife's aunt was walking thur her back yard and go bit twice by one of those before she could get away. She recovered but was very sick. You typically can smell them before you see them. They like to hang out in logs and leaves.:eek:

Don did'nt Animal Planet do a special about pythons becoming a problem in Everglades?.

Several months ago when Hurricane Alex hit the Corpus area, my youngest son was deployed down there to help with any rescue or evacuation. He is with the Texas State Guard and one of his buddies brought this South Texas Beauty in the first night there. Probably close to a six footer !

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...2008/Alex5.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...2008/Alex4.jpg

Make some side panel inserts with that!:D

Thankfully, the only poisonous snake we have in Canada (AFAIK) is the Massassagua rattler but it is so rare that it is considered endangered. As to venomous spiders, we occasionally get tarrantulas and black widows in imported fruits but none that are indigenous. Suits me fine as I don't like either.:cool:

Heck I would think us Kiwi's have had a sheltered upbringing and we do truly live in Godzone after reading all about your friendly little critters up there. As one of you mentioned,one is more likely to be run over croosing the street then running into a argro snake over there.

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Don did'nt Animal Planet do a special about pythons becoming a problem in Everglades?.

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Yep, they are being released by owners and are breeding like mad. No real enemies to kill them. I think they are offering a bounty on them now.

Like we don't have enough to worry about down here already! :eek:

Don

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Yep, they are being released by owners and are breeding like mad. No real enemies to kill them. I think they are offering a bounty on them now.

Like we don't have enough to worry about down here already! :eek:

Don

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If they were released in Breaux Bridge Louisiana they would be considered "GUMBO"

iv`e had rattlesnake .. taste just like chicken