Hiss
by Buck • Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 - 9:58 am
“Snake in a box.” Not exactly a child’s toy, is it?
I hate snakes. I think if this had been me, it probably would have marked my last day as a mailman. (And I was raised in a place called Rattlesnake Ridge!)
Tagged: British letter carrier, snakePostman bitten by snake in a box
BREAN COVE, England, April 29 (UPI) — A British letter carrier got an unpleasant surprise when a venomous snake lurking in a post box bit him on the hand.
Alan Wakley told the Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News he is sure the snake, small and olive-green in color, was an adder. But he said his hand did not become swollen so the snake may not have actually injected him with venom, although he could see the mark of its fangs.
The collection box in Brean Cove in Somerset, set into a wall, has now been sealed off with a sign: Out of use. Caution — Snake (Adder).
April 29th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I can't stand snakes, either. I have a rattlesnake tail that my Mother-in-law gave to me. (I think it was hers LOL)
April 29th, 2009 at 10:19 am
April 29th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Buck, Rattlesnake Ridge on the App. Trail above Erwin? Unaka Mtn?
April 29th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Buck, this one is in McCreary Co., Ky. Do you know where Oneida, TN is? We're right above that, across the state line.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I guess that there is more than one. 6 or 7 years back I found one of those 48" timber rattlers down by the creek. This snake was massive. Hard to believe the chunk of muscle that it was.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Funny thing about Rattlesnake Ridge. Even though I've seen my share of rattlers, there were many more "copperheads" to be found.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
A friend was bit by a copperhead about 4-5 years back. Reaching under a trailer to fish a piece of co-ax out. Came close to losing his hand and even now it is deformed and painful almost all the time. I didn't get to grow up there so I missed a lot of natural stuff. No I don't know where Oneida is. Much of TN/KY geography escapes me.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Trust me, you haven't missed a whole lot.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
As much as I had wanted to live in TN all my life and loving the terrain. The Great Smoky Mtns are majestic in their own right. Like QG said about no lack of stupid in FL, TN cannot be far behind. Even my mother says that she finds it hard to believe that so many stupid people live in one place. Genetics or just sheeple? So far I am loving life in NM. Different world here.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
I bet it's nice there, Buck. I'm glad you made it out there OK.