Quote Originally Posted by enginee837 View Post
5 feet from the truck unscrewed the lid and dropped it at his feet. The rather large pissed off snake turned around and struck at him. He proceeded to let out a squeal that would have made a 3rd grade girl proud as he ran back to the truck. In typical coachwhip fashion it followed him in a periscoping Sprint biting at his heels. He got in the truck and closed the door just in time so it proceeded up into the undercarriage of the engine trying to get to him.
Alternative perspective: a disoriented snake was dumped out of a bucket and, upon seeing the looming human, proceeded to defend itself. Being just a step and a half away from the truck, when your firefighter turned to flee the snake also took the opportunity to retreat to the nearest cover - the undercarriage. Since they're going in the same direction, the snake felt further threatened and maybe took another swing or two along the way. The whole incident sounds hilarious but I still feel like 2 of the more notable coachwhip attributes(speed and defensiveness) have led to another misunderstanding. If your firefighter had just placed the bucket on the ground and turned to face the other direction, I wager that snake would have calmly slithered out and away.