Breene, H. 1984 2 June (continued) out of sight to the right into the forest. My initial thought was, that snake is 10-12 feet long and we are not going to catch it! Sent Manuel and Sarah Tiefenau for a garbage can. When I first approached the snake it was frozen as if crawling slowly, head down to ground. I could see that it was very heavy, but perhaps not even 2 m long. When I stepped off the boardwalk about 3m away it suddenly turned, formed an elevated S-coil, and froze. When I took one step it raised the coil, vibrated the tail audibly, and, after a moment, struck toward me. The mouth was opened but there was no obvious "flash" as with ferivipelas. Twice the snake relaxed the coil and started slowly into the forest w/ head down to the ground, and each time I looked at it out it quickly assumed an S-coil. Manuel and Sarah arrived w/ the can. At least four or five times I tried to lift the snake, and in all but one instance as soon as it was going off the ground it turned up the hook while forming an S-coil. As I set it down each time, it started into the forest. When I took a step toward it the snake turned, coiled, and at least once, struck. That time as I jumped back I heard Manuel and Sarah behind