He poured gasoline into the pit to drive the snake out.
When he didn't see the snake come out, he lit a match above the seat to see if he could see the snake inside.
The outhouse landed a few blocks away and the man was critically burned. There was no mention of what may happened to the snake.
solly bout dat double post. When there was no reply, I hit the ‘apply corrections’ button a second time and it did the double post. Dan.