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GunslingerGunsl posted...

I wonder if anyone has ever actually found a snake in their boot. If so, what happened? Did they put the boot on? What kind of snake was it?

When I was living in Sierra Leone I knew a handful of people who had discovered snakes in their shoes. Snakes are pretty poisonous there, so the solution is to disturb the shoe and when the snake comes out, quickly chop it many times with a machete. I never found one in my shoe, but one fell on my shoulder then bounced off and slithered away when I was walking out of my home once, and then the next day the same snake became trapped in my door frame. When I freed it, a woman walking by saw, screamed "Jesus! A snake!" Then came over chopped the snake repeatedly with the hoe she was holding. Then she threw its corpse in the bush where a bunch of chickens started eating it. Anyway, a bit of the tangent there; I'm willing to bet snakes have been found in more than one boot.