Garden Grass Snakes
Garden Grass Snakes also known as Garter Snakes
(Thamnophissirtalis) can be dangerous. Yes, grass snakes,
Not rattlesnakes.
Here's why.
A couple in Sweetwater , Texas , had a lot of potted plants.
During a recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot of
Them indoors to protect them from a possible freeze.
It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was
Hidden in one of the plants and when it had warmed up, it
Slithered out and the wife saw it go under the sofa.
She let out a very loud scream.
The husband (who was taking a shower) ran naked into the
Living room to see what the problem was. She told him
There was a snake under the sofa.
He got down on the floor on his hands and knees to look
For it. About that time the family dog came and cold-nosed
Him on the behind.
He thought the snake had bitten him, so he screamed and
Fell over on the floor.
His wife thought he had a heart attack, so she covered him
Up, told him to lie still and called an ambulance.
The attendants rushed in, wouldn't listen to his protests
And loaded him on the stretcher and started carrying him
Out.
About that time the snake came out from under the sofa and
The Emergency Medical Technician saw it and dropped his
End of the stretcher.
That's when the man broke his leg and why he is still in
The hospital.
The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house,
So she called on a neighbor man.
He volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself
With a rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch.
Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman, who sat
Down on the sofa in relief.
But while relaxing, she dangled her hand in between the
Cushions, where she felt the snake wriggling around.
She screamed and fainted and the snake rushed back under
The sofa.
The neighbor man, seeing her lying there passed out, tried
To use CPR to revive her.
The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from shopping at the grocery store, Saw her husband's mouth on the woman's mouth and slammed her husband In the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out And cutting his scalp so that he needed stitches.
The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she
Saw her neighbor lying on the floor with his wife bending over
Him, so she assumed that he had been bitten by the snake.
She went to the kitchen and got a small bottle of whiskey,
And began pouring it down the man's throat.
By now the police had arrived.
They saw the unconscious man, smelled the whiskey, and
Assumed that a drunken fight had occurred. They were about
To arrest them all, when the women tried to explain how it
All happened over a little green snake.
The police called an ambulance, which took away the
Neighbor and his sobbing wife.
The little snake again crawled out from under the sofa.
One of the policemen drew his gun and fired at it.
He missed the snake and hit the leg of the end table. The
Table fell over and the lamp on it shattered and as the
Bulb broke it started a fire in the drapes.
The other policeman tried to beat out the flames, and fell
Through the window into the yard on top of the startled
Family dog who, jumped out and raced into the street where
An oncoming car swerved to avoid the dog and smashed into
The parked police car.
Meanwhile, the burning drapes were seen by the neighbors
Who called the fire department.
The firemen had started raising the fire truck ladder when
They were halfway down the street.
The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires and put out
The electricity and disconnected the telephones in a
Ten-square city block area. (But they did get the house
Fire out).
Time passed and both men were discharged from the hospital,
The house was repaired, the dog came home, the police were
Issued a new car, and all was right with their world.
Several days later they were watching TV and the weatherman
Announced a cold snap for that night. The wife asked her
Husband if he thought they should bring in their plants
For the night.
That's when he shot her.
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Linda Wayman
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