Our Worst Nightmare Came Close

**scarry** · 16th January 2023, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by Tins

BIL says "don't worry, they can't strike when swimming". Did I believe him? Guess.

A guy i know had a Springer bitten by a snake while retrieving a duck in a Lake during a shoot in Victoria.
It got out of the water and collapsed,was dead in 30 minutes.

I have a book about snakes in Qld,and a 12 yr old boy was bitten by a snake while swimming in a dam in the Innisfail area,many years ago.

It was the house dam near the Homestead on the property.They had swum in the dam every day for many years.He got out of the water not feeling well,and died that afternoon.
The autopsy revealed snake bite,more than likely Tiger snake.

Yes GSP's are scatterbrains until they get to about 18 months,or some 2 yrs old.Particularly the males.
They seem to have long legs these days,the ones we had were shorter,that is lower at the shoulder.
One of the older Dog handlers at the Corrections Dog squad was telling me he had one years ago,it came from the pound.One of the best sniffer dogs he ever had,over a career of 48yrs.
It would stand on it's back legs and catch the visitors that had contraband stuffed down their Bras.
The other dogs they used,Labs,and Springers,and Labs crossed with Springers, couldnt do the same trick.

**Tins** · 16th January 2023, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by V8Ian

So is the Lithgow legend.

That'll be the coal...

**Arapiles** · 16th January 2023, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Tins

When I was a teenager we would swim in the river between Eltham and Warrandyte. Bugger all houses there then. Near Laughing Waters. I was in there one day when I saw a tiger swimming towards me in the current. Head up in the air. BIL says "don't worry, they can't strike when swimming". Did I believe him? Guess.

When I was about 14 I was swimming in the Wimmera River with mates. There was a pretty strong flow and I felt something hit my leg under the water and then wrap around it. And then a big brown snake stuck his head out of the water and looked at me, to our mutual shock. I went in one direction and it went in the other.

**V8Ian** · 16th January 2023, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Arapiles

When I was about 14 I was swimming in the Wimmera River with mates. There was a pretty strong flow and I felt something hit my leg under the water and then wrap around it. And then a big brown snake stuck his head out of the water and looked at me, to our mutual shock. I went in one direction and it went in the other.

And then there were two (browns).

**350RRC** · 16th January 2023, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by Tins

When I was a teenager we would swim in the river between Eltham and Warrandyte. Bugger all houses there then. Near Laughing Waters. I was in there one day when I saw a tiger swimming towards me in the current. Head up in the air. BIL says "don't worry, they can't strike when swimming". Did I believe him? Guess.

There's a really old post on aulro about a bunch of blokes who used to go fishing in the high country.......... often in a pool in a creek around where a big black was frequently seen.

To cut a long story short, one of them was bitten on the leg by this snake through his waders while the snake was swimming underwater and it became an emergency situation.

David L

**Arapiles** · 16th January 2023, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by V8Ian

And then there were two (browns).

Irony is that I nearly drowned in almost the same spot about a year later.

**Tins** · 17th January 2023, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Irony is that I nearly drowned in almost the same spot about a year later.

Might pay to avoid it...

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