I'm a new member and I was just wondering if the following experience is just luck or what.
I was living at Natural Arch and walked outside at night and heard a spitting noise - it was a Taipan about two metres away - rich copper, cream belly and about 5 - 6 foot. I stopped and watched it and it turned and went away.
The next night I was on my way out the back door and thought I had kicked my ankle on the door frame and at the same time saw the Taipan flip over from the bottom of the door and go away. I went out and played a night of table tennis and when I was in the shower later noticed blood congealed near my ankle. It was 'glassy' and didn't readily dissolve so I left it thinking I must have barked the skin when I kicked the door frame.
The next day it started to lift at the edges and came off in one piece with two extrusions and I saw two punctures and discolouration under the skin. Why wasn't I dead?
I was living at Natural Arch and walked outside at night and heard a spitting noise - it was a Taipan about two metres away - rich copper, cream belly and about 5 - 6 foot. I stopped and watched it and it turned and went away.
The next night I was on my way out the back door and thought I had kicked my ankle on the door frame and at the same time saw the Taipan flip over from the bottom of the door and go away. I went out and played a night of table tennis and when I was in the shower later noticed blood congealed near my ankle. It was 'glassy' and didn't readily dissolve so I left it thinking I must have barked the skin when I kicked the door frame.
The next day it started to lift at the edges and came off in one piece with two extrusions and I saw two punctures and discolouration under the skin. Why wasn't I dead?