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Texas woman attacked by hawk that dropped snake on her arm
A Southeast Texas woman says she recently suffered a bizarre attack involving both a snake and a hawk. Peggy Jones of Silsbee, a town located about 103 miles northeast of Houston, was mowing her lawn with her tractor at around 8 p.m. last Tuesday when she noticed a snake fall from the sky and wrap itself around her arm, according to a report from The Silsbee Bee, a community paper. Peggy, who said she was so frightful that she started shaking, told The Bee that the snake—which she and her husband, Wendell, estimated was four and a half feet long—started striking her glasses, leaving them chipped.
“I was violently shaking my arm to try and get the snake off,” Peggy said, adding there was even venom on her right lens. “He just wrapped and squeezed tighter and tighter.”
That’s when a hawk, which Peggy believes dropped the snake, swooped down and began to peck on the snake and at her arm. Wendell, told The Bee that the hawk tried to retrieve the snake from his wife’s arm, lifting her arm straight up more than once. Its sharp claws left her arm shredded and bloodied. “The hawk was darting in and out grabbing for the snake,” Peggy said. “His wings were slapping me while he was clawing at the snake and that is where the deeper cuts and rips came from. When he flew off he had the snake in his claws.”
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Eventually, the hawk succeeded in snatching up the snake and flew off with it. Peggy was taken to the hospital, where her wounds were bandaged. “The story was so bizarre that even the doctor asked if she was on sort of drugs as she was telling the story,” Wendell told The Bee. Peggy returned home but is keeping an eye out if other complications develop.
“I was so frightened I began screaming and asking Jesus to please help me,” Peggy told The Bee. “I feel it was by the grace of God I am still alive and able to tell my story.”
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Back at Moody Center for just the second time this month, No. 6 Texas crushed La Salle in a non-conference game on Tuesday night.
Senior forward Taylor Jones recorded her third double-double performance of the season, and Kyla Oldacre and Justice Carlton respectively scored 18 and 17 points in a 111-49 victory. With two games left until its Southeastern Conference opener, Texas is now 11-1.
The Longhorns will next host South Dakota State (10-2) on Sunday afternoon.
“We’ve got a monster on Sunday. South Dakota State is really good and well-coached. They’re always an NCAA tournament team. They win their league every year. So we’ve got to sharpen up a little bit and be ready on Sunday,” Texas coach Vic Schaefer said. “My concern on Sunday is that my kids are going to have one foot out the door ready for Christmas break, and sometimes you can do that against the three-name directional school. You (can’t) get away with that on Sunday.”
The 62-point win was the second-most lopsided victory of UT’s season, but the game was competitive in the first quarter. La Salle (6-6) even led twice before the first media timeout was called.
During that first quarter, Texas leaned on the depth it has often boasted about but not always used this season. Eleven Longhorns played in the first quarter, and Schaefer made his first substitutions less than three minutes into the game.
Reserve guard Jordana Codio, who had not played in a first half this season, gave UT a lead it wouldn’t relinquish when she sank a 3-pointer with 5:38 left in the frame. A junior, Codio finished with seven points over a career-high 17 minutes.
“That was the game plan,” Schaefer said. “Jordana’s had four really good days, she’s earned it. … She’s doing what Shay had to do her first few years. She’s over there on the men’s practice team, and she dominated our team. So she deserved the opportunity. She came in and did exactly what we needed, which was give us some juice.”
Texas exited the first half with a 19-12 advantage and then outscored La Salle by a 38-9 margin in the second quarter. The Longhorns’ lead swelled to as many as 67 points in the second half.
While playing just 14 minutes, Jones scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against the undersized Explorers. Jones and fellow post players Oldacre and Carlton led Texas to a 70-14 advantage in paint points. The Longhorns also got a combined 21 points and 11 assists from point guards Rori Harmon and Bryanna Preston while All-American forward Madison Booker had 10 points and six rebounds.
Aryss Macktoon and Ivy Fox each scored seven points to lead La Salle.
Before Tuesday’s game, members of the UT basketball team received rings to celebrate the championship they won at last season’s Big 12 tournament. Nine players remain from that team.
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