"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Crouching child, hidden reptile
SomeTHING writes about a snake and HydraG talks about a mouse. I have my own snake story.
My parents and I went camping in France almost every year of my life with them, mostly sticking to the least luxurious camping sites we could find. All we needed was water and a flat space of land for our tent. Sometimes that meant there were no toilets.
It was on one of these occasions, camping by the river, that I grabbed a roll of bog paper and made my way into the wide, shallow stream to relieve myself.
There I was, doing my business, when I suddenly spotted a large snake, coiled up not a meter away from me. I froze.
I had NO idea what to do. Whether to move away from the animal slowly, or run like hell (not an easy thing to do with your pants around your ankles). Somehow, I managed to do both.
I moved away a bit, slowly, making no sudden movements as I pulled my jeans back on. When I thought I was out of biting range, I ran away as fast as I could.
I did my business in the bar down the road from then on.
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OK, I think you win the ‘battle of the snake stories’, but only because it was a real snake!