You would probably never have seen a snake, nor expect to in your life. But an Arkansas woman had one four-foot-long rat snake slithering out from her dashboard, falling and creeping across her feet.
It was certainly not a pleasant experience while she was driving on Interstate 49. Fortunately, she managed to stave off accident or injury. Keeping her balance, she still drove her car, yet she had her heart in her mouth.
Rat snakes are not expected to be venomous or threatening, yet Kelly Swisher had a strange and creepy experience. She said that the snake Thursday gave her a "nails on a chalkboard" kind of feeling when it crept over her feet.
"It was rough and scaly," said Swisher, who was on an errand spree at the time. "I do not know if I had my hands on the steering wheel or not. I am not the most flexible person in the world, but I can guarantee my knees were up next to my ears."
She does not remember too much after the snake fell on her feet. But she believes that "God had his hand on me and on my car," otherwise, she would have driven away from the road.
The next thing was that the snake slithered back into the dashboard. She just drove on, praying that it would wait till she could get off the interstate and come to a halt after that.
"That did not work out," she said. "Here he comes, and he wound up in my back seat." Hence, he became her passenger much before she could finish her ride, get off the interstate and come to a halt.
She called 911, and Washington County animal control officers came to catch it.
Even though rat snakes are not venomous and are constrictors feeding mainly on rodents and birds, they do tend to bite humans, though they are not toxic.
Still, this one was not popular in the car for such a long time, though he sat quietly in the passenger's seat. Swisher did not like him occupying her vehicle for too long.
