The Whole Town's Talking: Rattlesnake bites Lander man on lip, tongue

Jackson Hole Star-Tribune ^ | April 03, 2005 | JOHN MORGAN

[SLB]

A pet rattlesnake bit its extremely drunk owner once on the finger while the man was playfully flicking its head, then bit him again on the lip and tongue after he attempted to kiss it, reports the Lander Journal.

According to Sgt. Gene Galitz's popular column "CopsCorner," the Lander man, identified as Rattlesnake Bob, was driven to the emergency room at the Lander Valley Medical Center on March 23 by his girlfriend. When he saw a patrol car at the hospital, he refused to get out, saying he hadn't had much luck with cops.

Galitz tried to persuade the man to seek medical attention, but the man refused. Luckily, the snake's bites did not inject venom.

"I'd bet the next morning the snake woke up with a hangover and Rattlesnake Bob woke up wondering who pierced his tongue and forgot to put in the decoration," Galitz wrote.

[TheMom]

It took me about five minutes and many deletions before I pinged folks to this thread.

[sweetliberty]

"They support a charity for mentally challenged adults"

How thoughtful that Texans have created a charity for democrats.

[Squantos]

Great minds !!!.........:o)

[TheMom]

Years ago my younger brother went to the rattle snake roundup. He said it was freaky (and smelly) being around all those rattlers. He tried some fried rattle snake and said the only piece he ate just kept getting bigger the more he chewed.

[TheMom]

. . . or as my friend Ian used to say . . . "Fools seldom differ!"

[Squantos]

Yeah but we're fun !!

[Xenalyte]

We hope this isn't a relative of yours. ;)

[verity]

Dumb or dumber? Dumbest.

[Xenalyte]

I have the same experience with fried alligator. Even a small piece seems to expand with chewing. Weird, ain't it?

[UnklGene]

[Bernard Marx]

Aww hell, it was just a little love bite.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

It is thoughtful, isn't it?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Kind of like Calamari - rubber-like.....lol

[TheMom]

I have tried alligator once - it was chewy and expandable.

No freakin' way will I ever try Calamari - ick!

BTW - Xena, I love the new tag line.

[MeekOneGOP]

Here she is! :)

[Darksheare]

LOL!!

[MeekOneGOP]

:)

[TASMANIANRED]

I handled a case a once, a man had multiple copperhead bites to the hand. Guy was a mess.

When I called to follow up on his progress the rest of the story was:

Drunken man and buddy visiting, apparently a nest of young copperheads were weathering out a cold spell under the porch and got into the kitchen.

The drunk ineffectively had tried to stomp them and then pick them up and throw them out the door.

The only thing worse than a venomous snake is a ticked off venomous snake.

[landerwy]

It was me!!! LOL

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep. Don't mess with a copperhead.

I remember when I was about 14 or so, we went to visit my cousin out in the boonies here in N. Central Texas.

It was early spring and she had some blackberries we were picking. I was squatted down picking them and all of a sudden I see something moving just below my hands where I was picking. I jumped up and told my aunts (who were also there picking berries) I thought it was a snake. They, being old country girls and all, went and got a hoe and a shovel and started beating the berry bushes. He came out and they whacked his head and killed him quick.

He was about 4 feet long or so. He had been less than a foot from my hand, too. Yikes.