bad snake catching story

[waruikazi]

I had a call out today... about 10 minutes ago, that there was a snake about 30cm long in a shed about 5 minutes from where i was. I told the caller to do all the usual stuff, don;t touch it, keep an eye on it etc etc.

I got there and i saw a bloke lying on the ground. I got out of my car, he got up and walked over to me and handed me a garbage bag.. handed is the wrong word, he kind of shoved it into my chest. I put my hands underneath it, just like a normal sort of reaction, opened it a bit and saw a bloody WESTERN BROWN reared up at me!

Snake catching is a dangerous enough job without freaking cowboys trying to do it for you. I'm counting my lucky stars that i didn't get tagged at all, let alone in the face/neck.

 

[WombleHerp]

geez thats annoying, people like that are just plain silly >: (

i know you get people like that, but do you get many 'good' call outs? and educate people and what not?
im looking at getting a mit permit by the end of the year


Nat

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

Wow Gordo,
The cowboys are out there mate. Why was he lying on the ground ?
You are very lucky not to have been bitten.
Was the snake ok ?..Not damaged by the cowboy ?
Take care

 

[waruikazi]

Yeah we get alot of good calls, but it only takes one bad call to ruin your day, week, month.

He was lying on the ground cause he was blindly sticking his arm inside a wall to pull it out. The snake seems ok but i haven't had a good look at it. It doens't look like any other western i've caught around here though, I think it may be a hitch hiker from south. I'll try getting a picture of it if i can safely.

 

[Glider]

I read that the guy was lying on the ground and immediately thought he'd been bitten and collapsed

 

[cockney red]

Should have punched the tosser in the earhole.:x

 

[Trouble]

omg, what a tosser :shock:
should've turned the bag onto the cowboy :twisted: :lol: No harm intended of course :lol:

 

[sarah_m]

Why bother calling you out in the first place if he was going to catch it himself? More guts than brains from the sound of it!!!! At least the snake is ok.

 

[thesilverbeast]

did he reach for it not knowing what it was or was he just stupid?

 

[waruikazi]

did he reach for it not knowing what it was or was he just stupid?

If i was uneduacted i wouldn't touch it!

 

[waruikazi]

Dammit you were too quick lol. I think he just wanted to be a hero.

 

[waruikazi]

This is him

The best looking one i've had around here, which is why i don't think he is from here.

 

[Carpetcleaner]

It looks like a Dugite???????

 

[waruikazi]

Well... it could be. I really don't think it is a local snake. But westerns are really variable, or you could hacve mistook a dugite for a western, i think their ranges overlap.

 

[Beano05]

did you get the one from the popcorn machine at palmy cinema?

 

[waruikazi]

Yes that was me too

 

[FNQ_Snake]

Should have just flattened him. It's just the same as pointing a loaded rifle at someone. Bloody stupid.

 

[waruikazi]

He had atleast 40kg on me... I'm still fuming about it. Starting to calm down though.

 

[Beano05]

whats your average amount of callouts perday? where do you put the snakes you catch?

 

[natrix]

So I guess you learned that you don't look into the bag when it's that close to your face then .