Several years ago, I was in (I believe) Monett, MO in the early morning with my camera equipment, looking for interesting areas to photograph. There is a creek that runs through the area, and I thought it looked like a great spot to take a photograph. When I got down to the water, it looked even better than when I saw it from afar. A dam of logs had created a small waterfall, and I quickly gathered my equipment to snap some photos.
When I got down to the water's edge, there was a nice open chasm that would have put my camera at the same level with the lower part of the water. I hopped down into it the chasm, and just as soon as I landed, I noticed all of the crevices and the floor was absolutely FULL of snakes. I don't mean five or six or ten snakes, but an entire nest. By the grace of God, I didn't land on one when I hopped into the chasm.
I took one photograph facing one wall of the chasm (figuring nobody would believe me). By the grace of God again, I scurried out of there without disturbing a single snake. I have the photograph in an album somewhere. If I can find it, I will upload it. Unfortunately, it's in black and white. I didn't know I was going to be shooting wildlife.

As I was leaving, a man was approaching the same edge of the water with a little boy of about five or six, who looked very excited to try out his new Scooby-doo fishing pole. I told the dad to not go anywhere near the water, because the area was full of snakes. I'm guessing my pale complexion and clammy looking skin was a giveaway that I wasn't joking.
I still have nightmares about that snake pit.