Snake Scare
@nanette64 (20364)
Fairfield, Texas
May 27, 2017 11:18am CST
I am not a snake person. As a kid, we lived in the country and some of our neighbors had huge corn fields and occasionally a Corn Snake would make it's way to our house. Adult corn snakes can be from 61-182 cm (2-6 ft) in size and fortunately are non-poisonous.
Now down here in Texas however, we do have poisonous snakes of several varieties and because I live out in the 'toolies', ya never know what you're going to come across.
Yesterday I was on my hands and knees scrubbing out the donkeys 40-gallon tub of water. I stood up, grabbed the clean tub and as I turned around to toss the tub over the pasture fence, guess what I saw about 1 foot away from me? A very poisonous Copperhead Snake.
I pert near pooped my pants. Had I still been down on the ground, I have a feeling I would have been bit in the butt. Now with my daughter coming to visit tomorrow, I can just see me with a swollen butt cheek. Not to mention trying to figure out what had bit me and reached around only to be bit again.
Talk about a close call.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
28 May 17
OH dear me I am afraid you would not see me for dust. I hate snakes. I can not bear to look at them even on TV or the internet.
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@xFiacre (13035)
• Ireland
28 May 17
@garymarsh6 I'd I accidentally see one while channel flicking I have to keep watching till the programme's over to make sure it doesn't escape from the telly
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@xFiacre (13035)
• Ireland
28 May 17
@garymarsh6 except the ones imported by irresponsible oiks.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
28 May 17
@xFiacre I have walked out of many rooms when I have seen a snake on the television. Thankfully living in Ireland that is the least of your problems there! Same as New Zealand and Mauritius NO SNAKES!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
27 May 17
Yikes, that would have freaked me out for sure, I hate snakes.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
27 May 17
@nanette64 Now that is just plain mean, I would have had a heart attack right there in the bed.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 May 17
Me too @BelleStarr whether poisonous or otherwise. I blame it on my Dad. He thought it was funny to put a snake in my bed when I was 11. I woke up, threw back the covers and there it was.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
27 May 17
You have to constantly pay attention don't you!!!!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 May 17
Girl, I'm tellin' ya. If it ain't the wild hogs, it's the coyotes, or the foxes; not to mention the variety of snakes @AbbyGreenhill .
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
27 May 17
I probably would have had a heart attack seeing that Copperhead snake within striking distance.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 May 17
I literally froze in place @Marilynda1225 . Fortunately when I stood up, I must have looked pretty big to the snake and he took off.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 May 17
Nope. Since I live in a wooded area of 16 1/2 acres, there's plenty of them around here @KristenH .
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@KristenH (33385)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
27 May 17
@nanette64 Ah I see. I hope the snake went away.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 May 17
I hate snakes too and that's a scary news..We have cobras...
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 May 17
And Cobra's are nothin' to mess with either @responsiveme .
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
28 May 17
@nanette64 no they attack....Others slither away
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
2 Jun 17
Its June 2nd and I will be looking for you Nanette.
@Tampa_girl7 (50256)
• United States
29 May 17
You were most fortunate 
I am petrified of snakes. When my husband was doing yard work the other day he came across one.
I am petrified of snakes. When my husband was doing yard work the other day he came across one.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
2 Jun 17
Yeah, no kidding @just4him . Those bites hurt.
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@petertheo (148)
• South Africa
31 May 17
Yikes! That was a close call! Over here in South Africa we also have many snakes. I have a rope swing in a tree for my grandsons and one day 4 year old Caleb was swinging and jumping off the rope and almost tramped on a puff adder sleeping on the ground in the sun. He avoided getting bitten. Just as well the puff adder is such a lazy snake but extremely poisonous!
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
29 May 17
That is terrifying! I'm so glad that snake didn't bite you!
@Letranknight2015 (51969)
• Philippines
28 May 17
I would freak out if I see a snake anywhere in the house. If it's big watch out about it.
@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
28 May 17
Copperheads are not a snake you want to play with, you just get out of there way
@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
28 May 17
I live in NC and snakes have been a really big problem for us this year. My boyfriend's grandparents live on a farm and have killed several poisonous and nonpoisonous ones. We were taking family photos the weekend before mother's day and I almost stepped on a baby copperhead and his uncle had to kill it with a stick. My neighbor killed a long about 6 ft black snake in the small field between our houses and threw it in the bigger field so it wouldn't bite his kids or dog even though black snakes aren't poisonous.
@YouKnowWho (324)
• Philippines
28 May 17
Neither do I am fond of snakes. They're the most scary animals.
