There is nasty stuff in the water. And if you don’t believe me, check this out:
That is a 15′ (Readers state that water moccasins don’t get that big and it is probably only 5-6′. That is, by my estimation, still 5-6′ more water mocassin for my tastes.)water moccasin near the devastation in New Orleans.
Authorities should show that picture, and I bet it would convince a few people. I, personally, would drop dead from heart failure if I saw that near my house.*
*Brief personal anecdote:
As an undergrad, I lived in a house with several guys at the top of a hill. Our street, garage, and mailbox were about 50 steep steps down the hill, and on either sides of the steps were brush, thornbushes, honeysuckle, etc. One day during the summer, I was walking, barefoot, down the steps to check the mail, when I step on some rubbery like tube that immediately hissed and lashed out at me. I jumped, not unlike startled cats who reflexively shoot straight up into the air, over the railing and into the briar patches.
Turns out I had stepped on a snake sunning itself. I have never been the same sense. I never checked the mail barefoot again. In fact, I checked the mail with a shotgun or a shovel for a month afterwards.