Post by reggie on Oct 5, 2015 22:38:23 GMT -5
GARDEN SNAKES CAN BE DANGEROUS...
Snakes also known as Garter Snakes
(Thamnophissirtalis) can be
dangerous Yes, grass snakes, not
rattlesnakes. Here's why.
A couple in Sweetwater, Texas, had a lot
of potted plants. During a
recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot
of them indoors to
protect them from a possible freeze.
It turned out that a little green garden
grass snake was hidden in
one of the plants. When it had warmed up, it
slithered out and the
wife saw it go under the sofa.
She let out a very loud scream.
The husband (who was taking a shower)
ran out into the living room
naked to see what the problem was. She told
him there was a snake
under the sofa.
He got down on the floor on his hands
and knees to look for it. About
that time the family dog came and
cold-nosed him on the behind. He
thought the snake had bitten him, so he
screamed and fell over on the
floor.
His wife thought he had had a heart
attack, so she covered him up,
told him to lie still and called an
ambulance.
The attendants rushed in, would not
listen to his protests, loaded
him on the stretcher, and started carrying
him out.
About that time, the snake came out from
under the sofa and the
Emergency Medical Technician saw it and dropped
his end of the
stretcher. That's when the man broke his leg and why he is
still in
the hospital.
The wife still had the problem of the
snake in the house, so she
called on a neighbor who volunteered to
capture the snake. He armed
himself with a rolled-up newspaper and began
poking under the couch..
Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman,
who sat down on the
sofa in relief.
But while relaxing, her hand dangled in
between the cushions, where
she felt the snake wriggling around. She
screamed and fainted, the
snake rushed back under the sofa.
The neighbor man, seeing her lying there
passed out, tried to use CPR
to revive her.
The neighbor's wife, who had just
returned from shopping at the
grocery store, saw her husband's mouth on
the woman's mouth and
slammed her husband in the back of the head with a
bag of canned
goods, knocking him out and cutting his scalp to a point
where it
needed stitches.
The noise woke the woman from her dead
faint and she saw her neighbor
lying on the floor with his wife bending
over him, so she assumed that
the snake had bitten him. She went to the
kitchen and got a small
bottle of whiskey, and began pouring it down the
man's throat.
By now, the police had arrived.
Breathe here...
They saw the unconscious man, smelled
the whiskey, and assumed that a
drunken fight had occurred. They were
about to arrest them all, when
the women tried to explain how it all
happened over a little garden
snake!
The police called an ambulance, which
took away the neighbor and his
sobbing wife.
Now, the little snake again crawled out
from under the sofa and one
of the policemen drew his gun and fired at
it. He missed the snake and
hit the leg of the end table. The table fell
over, the lamp on it
shattered and, as the bulb broke, it started a fire
in the drapes.
The other policeman tried to beat out
the flames, and fell through
the window into the yard on top of the
family dog who, startled,
jumped out and raced into the street, where an
oncoming car swerved to
avoid it and smashed into the parked police
car.
Meanwhile, neighbors saw the burning
drapes and called in the fire
department. The firemen had started raising
the fire ladder when they
were halfway down the street. The rising ladder
tore out the overhead
wires, put out the power, and disconnected the
telephones in a
ten-square city block area (but they did get the house
fire out).
Time passed! Both men were discharged
from the hospital, the house
was repaired, the dog came home, the police
acquired a new car and all
was right with their world.
A while later they were watching TV and
the weatherman announced a
cold snap for that night. The wife asked her
husband if he thought
they should bring in their plants for the
night.
And that's when he shot her.
Snakes also known as Garter Snakes
(Thamnophissirtalis) can be
dangerous Yes, grass snakes, not
rattlesnakes. Here's why.
A couple in Sweetwater, Texas, had a lot
of potted plants. During a
recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot
of them indoors to
protect them from a possible freeze.
It turned out that a little green garden
grass snake was hidden in
one of the plants. When it had warmed up, it
slithered out and the
wife saw it go under the sofa.
She let out a very loud scream.
The husband (who was taking a shower)
ran out into the living room
naked to see what the problem was. She told
him there was a snake
under the sofa.
He got down on the floor on his hands
and knees to look for it. About
that time the family dog came and
cold-nosed him on the behind. He
thought the snake had bitten him, so he
screamed and fell over on the
floor.
His wife thought he had had a heart
attack, so she covered him up,
told him to lie still and called an
ambulance.
The attendants rushed in, would not
listen to his protests, loaded
him on the stretcher, and started carrying
him out.
About that time, the snake came out from
under the sofa and the
Emergency Medical Technician saw it and dropped
his end of the
stretcher. That's when the man broke his leg and why he is
still in
the hospital.
The wife still had the problem of the
snake in the house, so she
called on a neighbor who volunteered to
capture the snake. He armed
himself with a rolled-up newspaper and began
poking under the couch..
Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman,
who sat down on the
sofa in relief.
But while relaxing, her hand dangled in
between the cushions, where
she felt the snake wriggling around. She
screamed and fainted, the
snake rushed back under the sofa.
The neighbor man, seeing her lying there
passed out, tried to use CPR
to revive her.
The neighbor's wife, who had just
returned from shopping at the
grocery store, saw her husband's mouth on
the woman's mouth and
slammed her husband in the back of the head with a
bag of canned
goods, knocking him out and cutting his scalp to a point
where it
needed stitches.
The noise woke the woman from her dead
faint and she saw her neighbor
lying on the floor with his wife bending
over him, so she assumed that
the snake had bitten him. She went to the
kitchen and got a small
bottle of whiskey, and began pouring it down the
man's throat.
By now, the police had arrived.
Breathe here...
They saw the unconscious man, smelled
the whiskey, and assumed that a
drunken fight had occurred. They were
about to arrest them all, when
the women tried to explain how it all
happened over a little garden
snake!
The police called an ambulance, which
took away the neighbor and his
sobbing wife.
Now, the little snake again crawled out
from under the sofa and one
of the policemen drew his gun and fired at
it. He missed the snake and
hit the leg of the end table. The table fell
over, the lamp on it
shattered and, as the bulb broke, it started a fire
in the drapes.
The other policeman tried to beat out
the flames, and fell through
the window into the yard on top of the
family dog who, startled,
jumped out and raced into the street, where an
oncoming car swerved to
avoid it and smashed into the parked police
car.
Meanwhile, neighbors saw the burning
drapes and called in the fire
department. The firemen had started raising
the fire ladder when they
were halfway down the street. The rising ladder
tore out the overhead
wires, put out the power, and disconnected the
telephones in a
ten-square city block area (but they did get the house
fire out).
Time passed! Both men were discharged
from the hospital, the house
was repaired, the dog came home, the police
acquired a new car and all
was right with their world.
A while later they were watching TV and
the weatherman announced a
cold snap for that night. The wife asked her
husband if he thought
they should bring in their plants for the
night.
And that's when he shot her.