So, yesterday morning was an interesting one. I was pretty well not motivated to start another week of classes. I’ve had so much on mind lately, another week of cramming Thai into my head was really unappealing. But my dull, normal Tuesday morning turned quite exciting when Sara opened the door to walk outside and stepped over a 2 1/2 foot snake… …which in turn quickly slithered into our home.
Golden Tree Snake... DEAD.
Now, Thailand is known for having TONS of snakes (some poisonous, some not). It’s actually probably more surprising that we hadn’t seen one here up until yesterday morning. But, when you see a bright green with black banded snake IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, it gets your attention. And as soon as Sara saw it, she was done. I mean, like scared/creeped/shivering like a cold 9 yr old outside at 3AM by herself.
Anyways, the snake quickly made it’s way behind a book shelf that took about 20 minutes to remove book by book, bags, other junk until the snake was finally accessible. Oh yeah, and that’s when it started CLIMBING UP THE WALL! What!? Snakes on the floor is one thing. Snakes in water are creepy. But snakes slithering up a flat wall is flippin’ weird. Luckily it was this weird act that was this snake’s downfall. A quick smack to the “neck” (Do snakes have necks? Like where would it start and end? Where are the shoulders?) with an umbrella handle followed by repeated blows just for good measure and to make me feel more like a man in my wife’s eyes and it was all over with. Well, except that even after dead, the stupid thing keeps slithering, coiling and moving around. WEIRD!
So, yeah, I guess there is just another story to add to the numerous interesting moments that we’ve been collecting living here in Thailand. Oh, and it seems the snake isn’t so poisonous for humans but it is known for being able to climb flat, vertical walls… …oh, and it can fly from tree to tree… If you are super weird and are interested you can read more about this snake and other snakes in Thailand here and here.
yeah, the fact that it could climb the wall was the weirdest part for me too. I thought I had it cornered and then UP it went!
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