re: Snake Stories: Too Close for Comfort Edition

Many years ago a cousin and I went crawfishing where Buccaneer Villa North is now located. It was still all swampy back them and we had put out a couple dozen nets and let them sit while we had a couple beers before checking them.

The very first pass I start down a bank to get to the water and saw what I thought was a motorcycle tire as it was black, wide and looked rounded. I stepped on it to get a good foothold and not slip and it moved under my feet.

I kid you not, I must have shot up like a Jack in the Box when I realized it was a huge snake, likely a water moccasin.

We wound up catching a sack+ of crawfish that day, but I was extremely cautious where I was walking the whole time after that close call.