Thankssss
I was a dumb 7 or 8 year old kid on vacation in Mexico with family, I wandered away from our group for a walk by myself in the paths around our bungalow. I was walking down one pretty jungley path and saw a gardener up ahead.
As I neared him he glanced up at me and then his face changed and he froze. He quickly jumped up and motioned for me to back away. I did so and then immediately a huge side winding snake all black came out of the bushes to my left.
It was so big that when it came out of the bushes it made this huge rustling noise. It went right over where I was going to step next. We both watched it slither across the path into the next set of bushes. For a moment we were both silent and just listening.
When I finally looked at him he seemed relieved and in broken English he said “most poisonous snake here Mexico”. I thanked him like a million times and ran away to my dad.
I still think about how that man saved me to this day! And I also wonder what kind of snake that was and what other monster creatures he’s must’ve had to deal with in his gardening work. Story credit: Reddit / rlm236