Hawk Drops Snake On Woman - Both Animals Attack Her

[Sugar Cookie]

A Texan gardener says she is “relieved to be alive” after being attacked by a snake that fell from the sky – and a hawk that swooped down to reclaim its prey.

Peggy Jones, 64, was mowing her lawn when the passing hawk dropped its dinner directly onto her.

The serpent quickly coiled itself around her arm and bit her repeatedly. The hawk then joined the melee, attacking Ms Jones’s arm as it tried in vain to untangle the snake.

“It (the snake) was starting to dart at my face...and he was striking my glasses and he just kept on and kept on,” she said. “ I just couldn’t get rid of the snake… I think I went into survival mode.”


Eventually, the hawk was able to pull the snake off of Ms Jones’s arm, leaving her husband to take her to the hospital.

Ms Jones said she had suffered deep bite and talon wounds, as well as smashed glasses which she said had been covered in snake venom.

“Finally he (the hawk) got the snake and took off with the snake, and I looked down and I was covered in blood, my arm was pretty torn up,” she told a local radio station.

Ms Jones said that she prayed as the pair of animals attacked her, fearing the worst.

“The snake was squeezing so hard, and I was waving my arms in the air,” she told Click2Houston.

“Then, this hawk was swooping down, clawing at my arm over and over. I just kept saying, ‘help me, Jesus, help me, Jesus’.”

Hawk drops snake on woman - and both animals attack her

A Texan gardener says she is “relieved to be alive” after being attacked by a snake that fell from the sky – and a hawk that swooped down to reclaim its prey.

news.yahoo.com

 

[Satanica]

What are the odds?

 

[Hermy]

What are the odds?

She needs to buy a lottery ticket ASAP! If not, I'll take her to Vegas and follow her lead.

ETA:

According to legend, the Greek playwright Aeschylus met a tragic death: one day, an eagle that had just caught a tortoise mistook Aeschylus’s bald head for a shiny rock, and accidentally killed the author by dropping the animal onto him.

Tobias Verhaecht | The Death of Aeschylus | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

 

[Metalfan]

Knarly lookin gashes F that!

 

[DamagedGoods]

This is going to be the best story at parties.

 

[thuumpr]

What are the odds?

Two-to-one?

 

[Granmaw]

Wonder what kind of snake? Didn't see anywhere that she was treated for snake bite. But OMG her arm looks like it was sent thru a meat grinder!!

 

[Hermy]

Wonder what kind of snake? Didn't see anywhere that she was treated for snake bite. But OMG her arm looks like it was sent thru a meat grinder!!

I wondered about the fact that she said her glasses were covered in venom. A ball python, for example, doesn't have venom but does have a mouthful of sharp teeth.

Ball pythons do not have fangs. Instead, they have as many as 100 inward curving teeth. Most nonvenomous snakes do not have fangs.

Ball Python Bite: Treatment and When to See a Doctor

It's uncommon for pet ball snakes to bite, but it's possible. Here's how to avoid it, and how to treat injuries caused by a bite.

www.healthline.com

 

[BuffettGirl]

Um, NIGHTMARE FUEL, thanks @Sugar Cookie...

 

[thuumpr]

I wondered about the fact that she said her glasses were covered in venom. A ball python, for example, doesn't have venom but does have a mouthful of sharp teeth.

Ball pythons do not have fangs. Instead, they have as many as 100 inward curving teeth. Most nonvenomous snakes do not have fangs.

Ball Python Bite: Treatment and When to See a Doctor

It's uncommon for pet ball snakes to bite, but it's possible. Here's how to avoid it, and how to treat injuries caused by a bite.

www.healthline.com

Glasses covered with venom? Sounds like porn to me.

 

[Hermy]

Glasses covered with venom? Sounds like porn to me.

Please could you let us know when something doesn't sound naughty to you? It will save time.

 

[thuumpr]

Please could you let us know when something doesn't sound naughty to you? It will save time.

My bad