In a surprising double assault, a girl was brutally attacked by both a snake and a hawk while she was mowing her lawn in Texas. Following a dramatic confrontation, which resulted in extreme scratches and bruises, the lady recounted her terrifying ordeal.
The weird incident occurred on July 25 in Silsbee, Texas, close to the Louisiana border. Peggy Jones was mowing her garden when a hawk, in pursuit of a snake, by accident dropped the serpent onto her. Enraged, the predatory bird swooped down to reclaim its meal, initiating a brutal double assault on the 64 year previous woman.
At the time, startlement brought on the snake to wrap round her arm and launch an assault on her face. Meanwhile, the infuriated hawk bent on retrieving its dropped meal, dug its talons deep into her flesh, reported BBC.
The intense pain from the scratches and deep bruises on her arm and face illustrated the severity of the incident. She said…
“The snake fell from the sky and latched onto me. Before I could shake the snake off my arm, the hawk attacked.
“While I was attempting to shake my arm to get the snake off, it wrapped round my arm. The snake struck my face, hitting my glasses two or thrice. I was shaking like that, and it was dangling from my arm.”
Jones additionally famous that the hawk appeared abruptly and tried to snatch the snake from her arm. However, the bird’s talons hit each the snake and her arm, causing her to swing her arm round. The hawk persevered to extract the snake from her arm, repeatedly digging its talons into her flesh attempting to tug its meal again.
The chook finally succeeded in retrieving the snake from her arm. The incident shocked her husband, who drove her to the hospital instantly. Jones added that the snake damaged her glasses when it attacked her face.
“There were puncture wounds, abrasions, and extreme bruises.”
Jones described the terrifying attack as emotionally traumatic.
“ Illusive thought I was going to die, and for the reason that incident, I have struggled with sleeping.”