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re: Got Charged by Water Moccasins a Few Weeks Ago
Posted on 10/3/19 at 4:39 am to KyleOrtonsMustache
Posted on 10/3/19 at 4:39 am to KyleOrtonsMustache
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As the only semi-aquatic pit viper in the world they don’t really give a frick about much in the water.
^^^ This guy speaks truth
Cottonmouths is the only snake, venomous or not, that I've ever seen actively pursue a human.
I've heard that Mambas will chase people, but thankfully I've never encountered one as I have no plans to ever visit Africa.
Most snakes will do everything they can to avoid people, cottonmouths give ZERO fricks
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Posted on 10/3/19 at 6:35 am to OTIS2
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You are a pussy.
And i’vehad A cottonmouth come after me before.
I am what I eat.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 6:37 am to biglego
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I’m still confused why you couldn’t hit them with the paddle
Well, did you read my post? I clearly stated that I was ready to hit them with the paddle if they got close enough.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 6:39 am to Bawcephus
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The simple answer as only one person mentioned is you're a man (allegedly) and have a paddle.
Use it
The OP says that I would have used the paddle had they not changed direction.
Def not a baw, but at least I can read.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:02 am to Funky Tide 8
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It seems like the people that believe that its 100 percent fact that they aren't aggressive towards humans act as if they have some kind of chip on their shoulder towards the people who think that they might be aggressive towards humans. Pretty strange tbh..
Because some of us been trying for decades to stop this bullshite myth, yet people continue to perpetuate it.
It's fear. People are afraid of snakes, and I think a lot of them like being afraid of snakes. It's like a cool horror movie they saw. Everyone wants to believe whichever snake they saw was some kind of venomous and dangerous killer. People misunderstand snake behavior and imagine sinister intentions that don't exist.
If you paddle your canoe up into the back of a cove and see two carp in the shallow water, what do they do? They haul arse toward deeper water. If they have to come straight toward you and under your boat, that's what they do. Nobody thinks those carp are out to get them. But, if a snake does that, even if it's a harmless garter snake, for some reason, people believe it's "chasing them." Snakes are just like carp. They want nothing to do with you. If you back one into a corner, or step on one, it will probably bite you. So will a squirrel.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:13 am to Funky Tide 8
I guess I have mixed reviews.
On the farm while walking on levees there been many of times cotton mouths have been laying 2 to 3 ft from my feet hiding in the weeds. Actually smelled them as they are stinky. I moved slowly away and as I usually do and could see them run away once they had room.
Ran into a cottonmouth could tell by the head and saw eyes while fishing. That bad boy got aggressive with me while fishing near a tree in the bayou he was on. He could have felt cornered.
My grandfather when I was little caught one with his hands near me while walking on the farm. He showed me how to tell if s snake was poisonous and how to catch them. That old man did not seem to be phased by snakes as it was normal to run into them on the farm.
Ran into a lot of water snakes and rat snakes that will hold their ground and sometimes chase you a few feet. These seem more aggressive.
I guess snakes have their good and bad days like us.
On the farm while walking on levees there been many of times cotton mouths have been laying 2 to 3 ft from my feet hiding in the weeds. Actually smelled them as they are stinky. I moved slowly away and as I usually do and could see them run away once they had room.
Ran into a cottonmouth could tell by the head and saw eyes while fishing. That bad boy got aggressive with me while fishing near a tree in the bayou he was on. He could have felt cornered.
My grandfather when I was little caught one with his hands near me while walking on the farm. He showed me how to tell if s snake was poisonous and how to catch them. That old man did not seem to be phased by snakes as it was normal to run into them on the farm.
Ran into a lot of water snakes and rat snakes that will hold their ground and sometimes chase you a few feet. These seem more aggressive.
I guess snakes have their good and bad days like us.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:25 am to Funky Tide 8
Moccasins can’t bite Alabama people in canoes.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:28 am to munchman
They will follow you home and wait for you to come out of the house the next morning
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:44 am to ragincajun77
This is a friend of mine's YouTube channel. He and his boys know a thing or two about local serpents. 
Chased by Water Moccasin! (j/k)
Chased by Water Moccasin! (j/k)
Posted on 10/3/19 at 8:46 am to Funky Tide 8
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Got Charged by Water Moccasins a Few Weeks Ago
did you pay the merchant fee, or did they? Those open air, off the premises transactions can be expensive. Or were you in their place of business?
Posted on 10/3/19 at 8:51 am to UncleFestersLegs
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They will follow you home and wait for you to come out of the house the next morning
troof! and there will be cigarette butts all around your house
Posted on 10/3/19 at 8:57 am to Funky Tide 8
Had one get in the boat when I was a kid fishing with my paw paw and great uncle
Posted on 10/3/19 at 8:59 am to Masterag
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Had one get in the boat when I was a kid fishing with my paw paw and great uncle
were you guys all killed?
Posted on 10/3/19 at 9:03 am to 777Tiger
Nearly. My great uncle who had ptsd from ww2 nearly flipped the boat over freaking out. It was a spectacle
Posted on 10/3/19 at 9:09 am to Teague
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It seems like the people that believe that its 100 percent fact that they aren't aggressive towards humans act as if they have some kind of chip on their shoulder towards the people who think that they might be aggressive towards humans. Pretty strange tbh..
Because some of us been trying for decades to stop this bullshite myth, yet people continue to perpetuate it.
Case in point
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It's fear. People are afraid of snakes, and I think a lot of them like being afraid of snakes. It's like a cool horror movie they saw. Everyone wants to believe whichever snake they saw was some kind of venomous and dangerous killer. People misunderstand snake behavior and imagine sinister intentions that don't exist.
Bro, where did I ever imply that I thought that snakes were "sinister" or "evil"? I never said that it was a "dangerous killer."
I never even said that the snakes were coming to bite me.
But two large, venomous snakes came directly towards us from 10 feet away. On a goddamn bee line. That happened. I doubt that we were in any immediate danger, but like it said, we had a dog tied into the boat, and if the dog had have freaked out and tipped the canoe over, we would've been in the water with two large moccasins.
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If you paddle your canoe up into the back of a cove and see two carp in the shallow water, what do they do? They haul arse toward deeper water. If they have to come straight toward you and under your boat, that's what they do. Nobody thinks those carp are out to get them. But, if a snake does that, even if it's a harmless garter snake, for some reason, people believe it's "chasing them." Snakes are just like carp. They want nothing to do with you. If you back one into a corner, or step on one, it will probably bite you. So will a squirrel.
Right because carps and squirrels=\=venomous, deadly snakes. Great.
Again, not sure why you and others get so worked up over a story that is 100 percent true. I'm sorry if the terminology of "charge" and "chase" upset you.
Fwiw my dad was bit by a venomous snake a month before this took place, about a mile away from where this took place. Must've been a dry bite though.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 9:10 am to Teague
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Because some of us been trying for decades to stop this bullshite myth, yet people continue to perpetuate it.
So, because you don't believe it, everyone who has stated otherwise in this thread is a liar.
I'm pretty sure, if you'd like to come to Arkansas, that I can find a few places and snakes that will make you the same kind of liar, and perpetuator of myths that I am. It's getting a little late in the year, so hurry if you're coming.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 9:12 am to troyt37
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It's getting a little late in the year, so hurry if you're coming.
He will tell you with man made global warming that winter won't come this year so he is in no rush.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 9:14 am to Funky Tide 8
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My girlfriend, her dog, and I were in a canoe a few weeks ago at Lake Martin(Alabama.)
Posted on 10/3/19 at 9:16 am to Masterag
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Nearly. My great uncle who had ptsd from ww2 nearly flipped the boat over freaking out. It was a spectacle
used to belong to a hunting club that leased a bunch of acreage in the basin, everyone had to go on at least two work trips during the summer to help clear trails to get to the hunting areas, dog runs, clean up the bunkhouse, etc., the first one of these work trips I showed up for it looked like we were going on a seek and destroy mission in VN, was wondering wtf? they would space out all of the armed guys among us carrying ma-che'-tes' and other brush clearing tools and we'd go single file clearing trails, it sounded like a fire fight for a couple of hours with all of the cottonmouth shootings, they were everywhere, moccasins were tPOS, some were stumbled upon but I saw plenty of them coming at the group, maybe they thought we were prey but they definitely showed aggression in the swamp
Posted on 10/3/19 at 9:21 am to troyt37
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So, because you don't believe it, everyone who has stated otherwise in this thread is a liar.
I'm pretty sure, if you'd like to come to Arkansas, that I can find a few places and snakes that will make you the same kind of liar, and perpetuator of myths that I am. It's getting a little late in the year, so hurry if you're coming.
You're not necessarily a liar. You're just wrong. If you can find one video of a cottonmouth chasing someone, I'll listen. Surely, since it's so common, it will be easy. I can find lots of videos of them not chasing people. Just like I can find lots of videos with no bigfoot in them.
This post was edited on 10/3/19 at 9:22 am
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