I have a buddy who I fish with on a local big lake. He said that a surprise thunderstorm caught a lot of fisherman on the lake at night. So they all tied up under a bridge to stay dry and hopefully not get struck by the lightning.
Anyhoo, he said he saw a snake in the water swimming away from the crowd and assumed it was a water moccasin. He then saw a boat headed towards them on a collision course with the snake. With the wind, rain and lightning they couldn't warn the guy in the boat.
Long story short he was at idle speed when he ran over the snake. The snake took exception and decided to enter the boat with them to discuss the matter further. Well, it was the guy driving and two women. They said that the guy had one lady by the belt to keep her from jumping out of the boat and the other hand working the wheel and the throttle to keep from hitting the other boats upon whom he was descending fast. That left one woman unaccounted for. Now this was apparently a nice NICE fully loaded Skeeter bass boat and that unaccounted for woman found an underutilized wooden oar and started beating that snake to death (or trying). She apparently didn't have great aim and took out the fish finder, trolling motor and other misc parts of the boat which flew off into the water. She was screeching like a tennis player and he was yelling, begging her to stop hitting things.
Finally the snake decided that she was flat crazy and departed the boat unaffected by her attempted murder.
I laugh each time I hear that story. Poor guy!
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