Elderly Man Waits At The Edge Of A Dock Each Day To Visit His Most Unlikely Friend

A vast number of humans share a phobia called herpetophobia. That fear, for some, becomes so overwhelming that it brings some of us to shakes and anxious shivers.

While that may be difficult for some of us to understand, for one 79-year-old man at least, it makes perfect sense.

In the video, he doesn’t have a turban on his head or a vibrating basket in front of him, but he is indeed a snake charmer.

As soon as he sits down in his chair and places his cane to the side, snakes begin appearing in the water.

One by one, they come to visit him. He brings small perch along as a snack which they take eagerly from his hands.

The snake attaches itself to his pants leg. Some of us might quail at that thought, but the man laughs and then entices her away with the fish.

Later he explains that he had wiped his hands on his pants leg and it was that scent that the snake was going after. She didn’t intend him any harm, she just made a mistake.

As much as he cares about his snake friends, he does tape his pants legs up before he comes down to the dock.

“I don’t want them gettin’ in my britches,” he explains with a laugh. “When you’re 79 years old and a big old snake gets in your britches you could hurt yourself.”

They are all diamondback water snakes and he explains that while they are quite large, they are harmless and usually very shy. It took some time for him to gain their trust.

Now, they come to visit him whenever he comes down to the dock. As he explains, “they are my friends.”

He helps one of the snakes back into the water, marveling at her body as it glides across his hand, her scales flickering in the sunlight. “Isn’t she beautiful?”

Friendship is a beautiful thing, wherever you may find it. Even in the water, even if it’s a big deadly looking snake.

Source: Honest To Paws