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Silsbee woman injured after hawk drops snake on her arm

  • Photo at left shows heavily damaged arm before it was bandaged. Photo at right shows Peggy Jones is able to smile again after being treated and bandaged. Courtesy Photo
    Photo at left shows heavily damaged arm before it was bandaged. Photo at right shows Peggy Jones is able to smile again after being treated and bandaged. Courtesy Photo
A Silsbee woman had such an unusual experience last week that even the doctors could hardly believe it. Peggy Jones was mowing some property she and her husband Wendell have north of Silsbee about 8 p.m. last Tuesday when suddenly a snake fell from the air and wrapped around her arm. The snake started striking on the woman’s glasses. She was so frightened that she began shaking. Then, a hawk,…

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