10-24-2003, 03:27 AM
Hey there TubeDude,
Funny stories!! We know that many snakes are really pretty good swimmers. Ask Bill Dance in his funniest outtakes for his show. Myself, fishing in the Sagami River I noticed a snake making a beeline for me from where I just had cast a Kastmaster. About 5 feet from the bank I started beating the water with my rod tip and the kastmaster extended out a foot from the time to make him avoid beaching right in front of me.
Go figure!! I accidently snagged it right in the middle of his body so I had one
fanged snake. The minute I managed to grab his head (after pinning it to the ground) he immediately wrapped around my arm so tight I couldn't believe it! I looked at him he looked at me then I relaxed then he bit me with a shallow bite. I got in my jeep with the snake wrapped around my arm and away I went to a clinic nearby there was lots of excitement. End of story is that snake was harmless. I drove all the way back to his home and released it by hand over handing it off my arm and flinging it into the weeds.I didn't wait to see if it was following me I just headed up the bank as fast as I could.
My snake story, Oh Ya it had red eyes and a reddish mouth wide open.
JapanRon
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