That’s a good story my friend.
And yes, like you, I could write a book about the funny snake stories and encounters I’ve had down through the years on my farm.
I just might write that book someday!
I’m coming in late but in 1973 we we were scouting a rice paddy with a tree in the middle. Lt. told me to scout out the grove. About three quarters I heard something so Icrawled back and said there is a baby or SOMETHING crying up there. I told him it sounded like a baby and a freight train. He said go back and see if you see anything. I started crawling back and this old sgt. on his third trip said “Stay where you are.” He went to the LT. and all of a sudden we moved out. I asked SGT Bevoir what happened and he said I had crawled up on a King cobra (that is what was making that noise) and it probably was trailing me back and could (would) attack any of us including the LT.