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Texas woman attacked by snake and hawk says she was covered in venom during ambush

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Texas woman attacked by snake and hawk at the same time says she was covered in venom during ambush

A Texas woman has described how a snake and hawk brutally attacked her while she was mowing her lawn, leaving her seriously injured.

Peggy Jones was on a tractor mower when the snake fell out of the sky and landed on her at her home in Silsbee. As it began to tighten around her arm, a hawk then swooped down, and began clawing at her to grab its prey.

Peggy told click2Houston: “I just kept saying, ‘Help me, Jesus, Help me, Jesus’.”

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