Woman Met With A Venomous Snake While Trying To Rescue A Turtle Stuck In A Fence In Her Backyard
Erin Rodriguez was taking her son out for a stroll one day in his stroller. During her walk, she noticed a turtle that had somehow become stuck in the fence.
This was not a new sight for her; she had helped many turtles before.
So, she paused for a moment and decided to help the poor turtle move across the fence. Rodriguez goes on to narrate the event and said:
“I walked up to it and saw that its head and front legs were stuck in the fence. I'm pretty sure the turtle could have backed out, so I didn't think it was really stuck. I just wanted to help it get to the other side since I had seen it trying to go through before. It did not seem too concerned that I was there.”
Since the turtle had been helped by Rodriguez before, it was pretty comfortable with her.
Just out of habit, she took a photo of the turtle to show her husband later. As soon as she bent down to pick the turtle up, she realized that it had not been sitting there alone.
There was a huge snake underneath the turtle, or rather, the turtle was sitting on top of it.
It was a highly poisonous copperhead snake.
But the turtle seemed okay sitting on top of it. Rodriguez recounted:
“I set the turtle back down and backed away. I was pretty shocked, and my heart probably stopped for a second.
She further explained her situation, "All of a sudden, I felt adrenaline and like I had to save the turtle.” Both the snake and the turtle seemed calm and fine in the situation.
However, Rodriguez was panicking, and she wanted to rescue the turtle as well. So she proceeded with her plan.
She lifted the turtle with the help of a shovel and carried it away from the fence.
She was very careful not to disturb the snake. However, when the shovel came near, the snake quickly moved down a nearby hole.
Rodriguez was relieved that she was able to get the turtle to a safe spot away from the fence and the snake. She shares, "I put the turtle down, and it seemed to be completely unharmed, although a little scared by the commotion.”
Once helped to the safe zone, the turtle continued its journey.
After that, Rodriguez slowly processed what had just happened. She had just helped a turtle and encountered a venomous snake as well.
Since then, she has not seen either of them again. However, now she is very careful whenever she lifts a turtle and always checks for snakes underneath them.
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