'I Jumped!'

A couple of nights ago about 9.30 someone rang my doorbell, it’s loud and nobody ever comes here without me knowing, especially that time of night, I nearly jumped six foot in the air ! :woohoo1:
 

The last time that I jumped was about ten years ago. It was a spectacular jump.

My property straddles a boundary of short grass prairie and sagebrush desert. I took my dogs out for a romp. They were running through the prairie while I was walking along a path just outside of the sagebrush. I was watching them since this area isn't fenced. Then I looked down and saw that there was a snake with big blotches under my foot. The next thing that I recall was standing about three feet away. The jump was subconscious.

Then I thought, "I wonder if that is a rattlesnake." The snake was poised to strike although he or she was too far away. I saw the triangular head and the depression in front of the eyes; I thought: "Yes, that is a rattlesnake." The snake then turned and crawled into the sagebrush. There wasn't much of the rattles left; I had apparently stepped on them.

I didn't know whether there were bull snakes in my area at that time. They're harmless, but they could be mistaken for rattlers with only a quick glance. There are no bull snakes here, just rattlesnakes and an occasional garter snake.

My dog gets a snake shot every year, My other dog was bitten once, but, having been vaccinated, he had an easy recovery.

That was the most memorable jump of my life.
 
It was last month. I had to jump to get out of my son in laws huge Texas sized pick up truck. I stuck the landing on both feet-I felt positively olympic.
 
Just tonite when our beagle mix barked from the car at a person walking by, geez......up close with him almost gives me a heart attack :(
 

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