Picture this: Four fellas, otherwise known as "Mississippi snake grabbers," are out snake hunting when they encounter problems with the gas engine on their Tracker boat. It won't start. So one of the guys gets up and goes back to see if he can fix the problem. Rather than ruin the situation for everyone, let me show you the video, which explains things far better than a thousand words ever could (just click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtMbX1QVO_w).
If you listened closely to the video's dialog, you may have heard someone remark, "It's like Redneck ether..." What can I say but "famous last words"?
While on the lake one day, Rayford noticed a large diamondback water snake stretched out on a limb near the boat. He was convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that this snake indeed was a cottonmouth. Jimmie, however, knew better and, while reaching over Rayford, grabbed the snake off the limb and pulled it into the boat.
After several minutes of terror and excitement on Rayford's part (wildly swinging a paddle), Jimmie was able to convince him the snake wasn't poisonous. "It's harmless," said Jimmie, "other than for the fact it can bite the heck out of you."
Once Rayford's heart rate had returned to normal, he told Jimmie that he should quit fishing and catch snakes--in another boat, of course. And so, the annual fishing trip continued. Most would go fishing, but a few, including Jimmie, would catch snakes, instead.
A few years passed, and the annual trip moved to Lake Washington, located near Greenville, MS. Stories of snake-catching were spreading, and before long, others began going along on the trip to watch. Several others started trying their luck at catching snakes. Some were having such a good time they kept going back each year and eventually decided to call themselves the "GrabUOne Outfitters."
Today, the GrabUOne Outfitters have grown into a business, one in which they are asked for guided tours, DVDs, huggers, hats, shirts, shorts, and swimwear.
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