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>>>> 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. 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, would not listen to his protests, 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
>>>> the snake had bitten him. 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.
>>>> Breathe here...
>>>>
>>>> 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 garden 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, neighbors saw the burning drapes and 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, 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.
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>>>> 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. 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, would not listen to his protests, 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
>>>> the snake had bitten him. 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.
>>>> Breathe here...
>>>>
>>>> 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 garden 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, neighbors saw the burning drapes and 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, 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.
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