SNAKEBIT BY LAWNMOWER Published Aug. 26, 2014 By Tim Barela Torch Magazine JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- A 27-year-old senior airman mowed over his left foot while trying to avoid a snake slithering through his yard. The lawnmower blade sliced through his fourth toe, partially amputating it. The Airman had been wearing sandals at the time of the accident.