https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2020/01/17/hunter-bitten-head-copperhead-snake-tree-mississippi/4492436002/

It’s the stuff of nightmares.

A Mississippi hunter was taking the last of his dog pack back to a truck on Wednesday evening when he encountered a flooded ditch. He found a narrow spot where he could jump across. When he leaned forward to jump, he felt a severe pain on the left side of his head.

“As soon as I leaned forward it was, ‘Bam,'” said Tyler Hardy of Philadelphia. “As soon as it hit me I thought it was…