It was called a Banded Krait. It is nocturnal, overly sensitive to sunlight and harmless during the day. Absolutely deadly at night. It has more deadly venom than the Black Mamba of Africa and is considered one of the most deadly snakes in the world. I felt a numbing chill as I contemplated my encounter fifteen years before with such a creature.
Some memories have a way of bringing up the same old emotions and fast heart rate.
Another memory reminds me of walking left flank on a patrol following the road to Khe Sanh. Slowly moving through brush and trees keeping keenly alert for enemy movement. I broke through the brush into an open clearing. I stood froze by the sight in front of me. Like staring at a picture painted by Goya was enemy trenches zig-zagged everywhere with enemy bodies lying all over the place.