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I got bit by a snake today!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="upfrombottom" data-source="post: 772503" data-attributes="member: 13088"><p>I was riding a ATV (four-wheeler) one day and was about to cross a washout in the road when, what appeared to be a dead tree limb laying in the road, was actually the biggest timber rattler I have ever layed eyes on. I was concentrating on just which was the best way to conquer the ditch and didn't even know it was a snake until the front tires rolled over him and he instantly struck at the four wheeler just missing my leg. When I rolled over him the front tires went in the wash and the four-wheeler stopped. I was over the handle bars and standing about thirty feet away in a fraction of a second. He coiled up beside the still running four-wheeler and set there rattling, waiting for something to move.</p><p></p><p>I looked around and couldn't find a thirty foot long stick stout enough to kill it with, so after what seemed like fifteen minutes, I eased around him and went back to my truck and got a shotgun. When I got back he was gone and then I got to looking for him. I didn't know if he crawled up in the four-wheeler or was laying right beside me. Everywhere I looked I could see dead tree limbs, and I wasn't about to stick my head down to look under that four-wheeler. So I carefully eased back to the truck and left it there running and came back the next day and got it.</p><p></p><p>That snake was at least 5 feet long and as big around as a 4 inch pipe and every time I go by that place I think of that snake. That was over twenty years ago, and I am usually not scared of snakes but after seeing how close that one got to striking me, you don't let it get out of your mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upfrombottom, post: 772503, member: 13088"] I was riding a ATV (four-wheeler) one day and was about to cross a washout in the road when, what appeared to be a dead tree limb laying in the road, was actually the biggest timber rattler I have ever layed eyes on. I was concentrating on just which was the best way to conquer the ditch and didn't even know it was a snake until the front tires rolled over him and he instantly struck at the four wheeler just missing my leg. When I rolled over him the front tires went in the wash and the four-wheeler stopped. I was over the handle bars and standing about thirty feet away in a fraction of a second. He coiled up beside the still running four-wheeler and set there rattling, waiting for something to move. I looked around and couldn't find a thirty foot long stick stout enough to kill it with, so after what seemed like fifteen minutes, I eased around him and went back to my truck and got a shotgun. When I got back he was gone and then I got to looking for him. I didn't know if he crawled up in the four-wheeler or was laying right beside me. Everywhere I looked I could see dead tree limbs, and I wasn't about to stick my head down to look under that four-wheeler. So I carefully eased back to the truck and left it there running and came back the next day and got it. That snake was at least 5 feet long and as big around as a 4 inch pipe and every time I go by that place I think of that snake. That was over twenty years ago, and I am usually not scared of snakes but after seeing how close that one got to striking me, you don't let it get out of your mind. [/QUOTE]
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