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 out into the living
room naked 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 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 who 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, her hand dangled in between the cushions, where she
felt the snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, 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 to a point where it 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. Now, the little snake again crawled out from under the sofa
and 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, 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 family dog who, startled, jumped out and raced into the street,
where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed into the parked police car.
Meanwhile, the burning drapes, were seen by neighbors who called in the fire department.
The firemen had started raising the fire ladder when they were
halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires and put
out the power and disconnected the telephones in a ten-square city block
area (but they did get the house fire out).
Time passed! Both men were discharged from the hospital, the house was
repaired, the dog came home, the police acquired a new car and all was right
with their world.
A while 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.
And that's when he shot her
The End
(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 out into the living
room naked 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 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 who 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, her hand dangled in between the cushions, where she
felt the snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, 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 to a point where it 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. Now, the little snake again crawled out from under the sofa
and 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, 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 family dog who, startled, jumped out and raced into the street,
where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed into the parked police car.
Meanwhile, the burning drapes, were seen by neighbors who called in the fire department.
The firemen had started raising the fire ladder when they were
halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires and put
out the power and disconnected the telephones in a ten-square city block
area (but they did get the house fire out).
Time passed! Both men were discharged from the hospital, the house was
repaired, the dog came home, the police acquired a new car and all was right
with their world.
A while 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.
And that's when he shot her
The End
