🏀 University of Alabama assistant basketball coach’s wife and son bitten by copperhead

 

[cj6891]

I know this just dropped but, according to the article this happened in 2021.

 

[RollllTide!]

Man my mother made me deathly afraid of snakes

 

[50+yeartidefan]

As a forester.....lived at work with those creatures...and worse....
Learned to respect....but fear them...struck AT...but never any contact...
Now...wood spiders...

 

[TerryP]

Learned to respect....but fear them.

Fear? I'm not with you there. Respect? Most definitely.

On a related note ...

Recently I was out biking and passed a copperhead crossing the road. I stopped, turned around, and went back to get a closer look. It was every bit of 3½ feet and probably five to six inches in diameter in the middle.

I was fascinated...and then here comes the pickup driving, rebel flag flying redneck in his F-150. I heard him hit the gas when he was about 25ft from where I (we?) were and sure enough he caught the snake with his right front tire. Literally, that snake was thrown 20-25' in the air...not sure how, but damn sure I saw it flyin'.

D.E.A.D.

 

[Rsedge72]

I am no fan of Mr. no shoulders!!!!

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Fear? I'm not with you there. Respect? Most definitely.

On a related note ...

Recently I was out biking and passed a copperhead crossing the road. I stopped, turned around, and went back to get a closer look. It was every bit of 3½ feet and probably five to six inches in diameter in the middle.

I was fascinated...and then here comes the pickup driving, rebel flag flying redneck in his F-150. I heard him hit the gas when he was about 25ft from where I (we?) were and sure enough he caught the snake with his right front tire. Literally, that snake was thrown 20-25' in the air...not sure how, but damn sure I saw it flyin'.

D.E.A.D.

Some say. Only good snake a dead snake.
I guess that's what those boys werre thinking


Lol

 

[tider79]

Only time I will shoot and kill a poisonous snake is if they are in my yard,,,,otherwise let them be, they serve a purpose in Gods creation.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Only time I will shoot and kill a poisonous snake is if they are in my yard,,,,otherwise let them be, they serve a purpose in Gods creation.

One of the common denominators for snake bites is.....trying to kill the beast
Others include ...alcohol

 

[PurlJam]

Was it the same snake or 2 different ones? Same snake, that 2nd bite should have been less venomous,depending on how long it had been since the said snake or snakes ate.

 

[Justneedme81]

So we live in Toney, AL and it's bunch of new construction around us... and the developer decided to put two ponds in our neighborhood. At night, we were sitting on the porch we heard coyotes, frogs, rabbits, birds all in 30 mins.. and I turned to my wife and I said, We've had field mouse issues lately and when we have mouse issues, and all of those animals near us.. expect to see snakes eventually this summer in our yard eventually.

 

[XXL TideFan]

I once saw Mama tear up a row of green beans because of a garter snake.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

 

[doemasters]

This is what I had at my doorstep last year, I had just walked inside and went in for 2 minutes and went to go back out

 

[TerryP]

This is what I had at my doorstep last year, I had just walked inside and went in for 2 minutes and went to go back out

Snakes can read. Proven scientific facts.

 

[Rsedge72]

This is what I had at my doorstep last year, I had just walked inside and went in for 2 minutes and went to go back out

 

[BamaFan334]

This is what I had at my doorstep last year, I had just walked inside and went in for 2 minutes and went to go back out

Same thing happened to me last Summer, except it was a two and a half foot long Copperhead. He matched our brick perfectly and I even stepped right over him going outside to check the grill. Chopped his head off and showed the kids just how careful you have to be. No clue how I didn't get popped by him.

 

[alabama mike]

I do not like a snake here
I do not like a snake there
I do not like a snake anywhere