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Elk with antlers full of grass

This is a great story.  Read this and then view the photos.

This has to be the weirdest thing that ever floated by me in the river.

They were stuck together in death lock, each wanting to kill the other first.

My guess is that the falcon snatched up the tasty snake, and it somehow got its tail around the falcons neck, strangling it in midair causing both of them to crash into the comal river. They are both alive and well, considering.

I think a few more minutes and the snake would have won. The tail was actually tied in a knot around the neck, and getting tighter by the second. I got the snake untied, and well, as you can see, they both made it.

This is another one of those stories you tell, and are always acknowledged with “yeah, right!” Well, here’s the proof.

Neither of them bit me or scratched me, the snake didn’t want to stop biting the falcons leg, and only let go after I had untied everything else.

I got the water out of the falcons lungs with birdie inversion technique, and stayed with him until he was almost dried off in the sun, and flying a little.

Ball of snake and falcon, that is the weirdest thing I have pulled out of the water so far, it beats the wagon wheel!

Snake and Falcon locked in a death grip

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Interesting story of a kayak fisherman coming across a dog while fishing.  He posted this video.  It shows him fishing when a dog appears out of nowhere. 

Later he finds out how it all came about.  Check out the comments on YouTube from the grateful owner. Here’s the back story from abc news.  Apparently the dog was jogging with it’s owner when she was run down by a drunk driver.  He was hit too and ran off into the water, saw the yellow kayak and identified it with sanctuary.  Good job, fisherman.

The Best Day Of Fishing Ever! Some fishing stories are a little hard to believe, But this guy has pictures to prove his story… Tom Satre told the Sitka Gazette that he was out with a charter group on his 62-foot fishing vessel when four juvenile black-tailed deer swam directly toward his boat.

4 Deer Swimming in the Ocean

“Once the deer reached the boat, the four began to circle the boat, looking directly at us.. We could tell right away that the young bucks were distressed. I opened up my back gate and we helped the typically skittish and absolutely wild animals onto the boat. In all my years fishing, I’ve never seen anything quite like it! Once onboard, they collapsed with exhaustion, shivering.”

The Deer now on the Deck of his Boat

“This is a picture I took of the rescued bucks on the back of my boat, the Alaska Quest. We headed for Taku Harbour. Once we reached the dock, the first buck that we pulled from the water hopped onto the dock, looked back as if to say ‘thank you’ and disappeared into the forest. After a bit of prodding and assistance, two more followed, but the smallest deer needed a little more help.

Tuckered out deer taking a ride in a wheel barrow

This is me carrying the little guy.

On last look. (Deer Swimming in the Ocean)

My daughter, Anna, and son, Tim, helped the last buck to its feet. We didn’t know how long they had been in the icy waters or if there had been others who did not survive. My daughter later told me that the experience was something that she would never forget, and I suspect the deer felt the same way as well!”

Well, I guess he knows who his friend’s are now!