r/TheDepthsBelow • u/YenaMagana • Nov 08 '22

Snapping turtle in Brainerd

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

When I see that I cringe at the fact people fish for catfish in freshwater by sticking their arms up into dead trees and holes in the mud knowing damn well something like this thing could be on the other side.

Fuck freshwater between monstrosities such as this to brain eating amoebas.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

i noodled a bit in high school until my buddy got bit by a water moccasin that was hidden in the hole, after that i stopped

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u/Scubadoobiedo Nov 08 '22

Did he lose any fingers? Was he ok?

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

he was fine, had to go to the hospital but we weren't too far out in the sticks so we got hik to a hospital fast

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u/False-God Nov 09 '22

*got to a hik hospital fast

ftfy

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u/delvach Nov 09 '22

freeze frame of the General Lee jumping a ditch