Most snake encounters have the element of exaggeration added to them to some lesser or greater degree.

I remember some people on an African hunt forum beating up a report of an aggressive black mamba attack.
Turns out the snake was encountered and persistently pursued all the way to a hiding hole, where they began
to touch/physically interfere with the creature..eventually BM gave the irritant a serious dose of what they asked for. RIP.

-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.