Hate to be the bearer of bad news, an eight year old boy got bit by a pigmy rattlesnake last nite walking into the pool area in Seacrest Beach North about 8:30 pm. The location was the eastern entrance by the small square pool. The boy was air lifted from Sacred Heart, to Penscacola. The word I just got this morning, he is in serious condition, was bitten in the heel of his foot.
We have had a great 11 days vacation here, with 2 more days to go, but this makes me stop to think of what can happen no matter where you are... My thoughts will be with this little guy the rest of my vacation.
We all need to remember that snakes are in the area, we are surrounded by empty lots, with bushes at our rental so I am always looking at my surroundings, I tell the kids to do the same.
They did not get the snake, hopefully he left the area....
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Beach Lover
Are you serious????
Of course I am! However there are probably many snake-o-phobes, like me, out there, and if I could invent such a thing I am sure I would be able to afford a house like Charlie Hilton's.
Beach Fanatic
Please get to work on that fantastical fence - I'll buy one! Our yard is mostly wooded and includes a shallow creek, providing habitation for a bit too much nature on some days. I love to garden and am very concerned that one day I will find the snake too late to get out of the way. Just weeding the bank of juniper is a scary task. For years, we joked about the Easter Snake we would stumble across annually while hiding eggs. My golden retrievers seem to smell them and will halt in their tracks if a snake is around. One day they wouldn't leave the back porch steps. I follow their lead.
Beach Lover
Please get to work on that fantastical fence - I'll buy one! Our yard is mostly wooded and includes a shallow creek, providing habitation for a bit too much nature on some days. I love to garden and am very concerned that one day I will find the snake too late to get out of the way. Just weeding the bank of juniper is a scary task. For years, we joked about the Easter Snake we would stumble across annually while hiding eggs. My golden retrievers seem to smell them and will halt in their tracks if a snake is around. One day they wouldn't leave the back porch steps. I follow their lead.
For $5,000.00 and three Valium I will weed that yard for you. Just kidding - if I lived in a place like that (though it sounds beautiful) I wouldn't leave the house.
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