NC woman on crutches after snake startles her while gardening

MOORESVILLE, NC (WRAL via CNN) — Heatherly Noble, from Mooresville, was on a ladder trimming bushes in her front yard when out of nowhere a black snake attacked her.

She only had seconds to react.

“When I stepped off the ladder, unfortunately I was four feet up and stepped back into thin air,” Noble said. “My right knee didn’t make it. I’m in a hip and ankle brace right now and really can’t get around very well.”

Her cell phone was several feet away, and she couldn’t call for help. Fortunately, her neighbor heard her fall and came to help her.

The snake that attacked Noble was a Black Racer snake — which is not venomous.

Nobel’s injuries were related to her fall.

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