HAHAHA! the water moc. reminds of when my uncle was grabbing for a tree limb to inch his way towards the lake shore one time we were night fishing. He grabbed 'hold of a 6 foot water moc. instead.......old guy could move pretty fast up a wet, muddy slope.
Someone had shortened that old snake too, and left it for ant food. My uncle returned to fish after he cleaned up a bit.