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Snake slithers across US military sniper's rifle in stunning photo
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:58 am
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:58 am
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Even a snake didn’t break the focus of one U.S. military sniper in Alabama. While conducting a 1-173 Infantry training exercise, a southern black racer snake slid across the barrel of junior U.S. Army National Guard sniper Pfc. William Snyder's rifle. The exercise was performed at Eglin Air Force Base on April 7, according to the Alabama National Guard. Apparently, the sniper’s camouflaged ghillie suit even hid him from the unexpecting snake. “Our snipers are trained to remain perfectly still for hours on end when in position and remain invisible to enemies and even wildlife,” the Alabama National Guard wrote in a Facebook post.
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Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:01 am to Street Hawk
Obviously staged
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:02 am to Street Hawk
Saban head shot? Hopefully he is still trying to complete his mission 
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:06 am to StealthCalais11
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Obviously staged
It does seem like a pretty convenient time for the photographer to happen by.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:08 am to northshorebamaman
Probably trying to get a selfie for his instagram and the snake was passing by?
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:09 am to Street Hawk
It's a military flinch test.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:11 am to StealthCalais11
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Obviously staged
Yeah, I thought snakes had thermal vision or something like that. Always assumed they see like we would see with a thermal camera. If that's the case, was the sniper manipulating his body temp to blend with his surroundings? Seems fishy.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:17 am to Street Hawk
How does he compensate for the pine straw that is in the middle of his scopes line of sight?
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:20 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
`Who took the photo? So someone was set up directly in front of a sniper and stayed immobile long enough for a snake to slither by without noticing he was there? That doesn't make any sense. Why would the sniper have stayed motionless for hours upon hours while a damn cameraman was walking around setting up equipment or looking for a shot around him? Whatever...Being a sniper is bad arse enough, no need to dress it up more by staging snakes slithering in front of your face.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 2:36 am to Street Hawk
Eglin Air Force base is in Alabama now?
Posted on 4/19/18 at 2:58 am to Street Hawk
Jason Bourne would have killed the snake without anyone ever noticing a thing. Amateurs.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 5:07 am to Street Hawk
There’s a joke to be made about the irony of, at the same instant, hundreds of miles away, a black snake was making the sniper’s wife flinch but I’d never go there.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 5:30 am to IAmNERD
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Seems fishy.
Snakes are reptiles
Posted on 4/19/18 at 5:38 am to Street Hawk
In one of the books about Carlos Hathcock, the famous Vietnam sniper, it talks about how he could slowly work his way across an open area on the ground, seldom moving, to approach a target.
If an ant started biting his nuts, a mosquito landed in his eye, or a snake slithered in front of his face, he had to grit his teeth and bear it. Because if he moved around, he'd get shot.
If an ant started biting his nuts, a mosquito landed in his eye, or a snake slithered in front of his face, he had to grit his teeth and bear it. Because if he moved around, he'd get shot.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:18 am to Street Hawk
Hide and seek champion
Posted on 4/19/18 at 7:40 am to Street Hawk
The guy taking the picture was the target?
Posted on 4/19/18 at 7:44 am to Street Hawk
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a southern black racer
The snake is so lucky he didn't get shot. Most other black snakes are not so lucky. Share with your friends. Start the conversation. Period.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 7:45 am to Street Hawk
Bet he'd flinch if Whitesnake
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