i was in a flat bottomed boat and we were cruising through one of the little swampy areas fishing for catfish and one droped into the boat and bit the engine operator of it. he didn't get seriously hurt but we had to take him to the hospital.

other times i would be walking and see one in the grass it would coil up and then try to come at me, hising and showing me its mean face, i really don't like those little guys. i have nothing against them cept for the fact they're mean, poisonous and really don't like people. but i would never hurt one though even if it bit me, i'm not that kind of person. my first thought would be dam this sucks, then the next one what did i do wrong...


but other times you would be swiming in one of the local ponds and one gets in the water with you and if you see it first your lucky then you get a chance to get out and wait on shore till it goes away, but if the snakes don't cause problems the aligator turtles will in the ponds...