{"id":14004,"date":"2026-03-10T08:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/an-angelic-bright-light-protected-him-from-danger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:34:15","slug":"an-angelic-bright-light-protected-him-from-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/angels\/an-angelic-bright-light-protected-him-from-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"An Angelic Bright Light Protected Him from Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rattlesnakes were common in the Smoky Mountains, where I grew up, and I knew to avoid them at all cost. But the timber rattler I came up against one sorry day when I was nine had been hiding under the roots of an old tree stump. I didn\u2019t notice until it was coiled like a tight spring, its forked tongue flicking, tasting the air\u2014searching for me. I tried not to move a muscle. <em>If I was standing up, my boots might help protect my legs from a strike,<\/em> I thought. But I wasn\u2019t standing. I was crouched down on my haunches, eye to eye with the huge reptile.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d disturbed the snake while hunting for ginseng with <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/angels\/this-christmas-goose-kept-them-warm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my younger brother, Buddy Earl<\/a>. Digging for those plants was not only fun but profitable. We sold them to an old medicine woman who lived on North Mountain. Miss Mable made tonic from the dried, powdered root, and she always paid in silver dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Moving my head as slowly as I could, I glanced to the right in search of Buddy Earl, but he was nowhere to be seen. <em>Probably found his own ginseng to dig up,<\/em> I thought. Would I still be alive by the time he came back? My legs were starting to cramp pretty badly. I couldn\u2019t stay in the same position for much longer, but the snake would surely lunge if I tried to run. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/trapped-in-an-ice-cave-would-they-be-rescued-in-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I was trapped.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My enemy sounded its rattle, and I remembered my father\u2019s words as we left the house early that September morning. He\u2019d warned us to keep our eyes open around the rotten trees near the creek, knowing the snakes would be out sunning this time of year. I\u2019d turned to Buddy Earl and whispered, \u201cDaddy thinks he is talking to a couple of flatlanders.\u201d We snickered.<\/p>\n<p>Buddy Earl and I had walked down to the hollow, each carrying a burlap sack to hold our bounty. We\u2019d started our hunt on Black Gum Mountain and tried to stay in sight of each other, but Buddy Earl preferred searching the ridge line while I liked rummaging around the hollow, especially where it bordered a stream. I\u2019d lost track of my brother by the time I squatted down to work around the old tree stump.<\/p>\n<p>The menacing snake kept its flat head no more than three feet from my face, whipping its tail back and forth so fast the rattle sounded like a buzz saw. I could only stay very still and hope the snake would turn away. My legs were going weak. My muscles were starting to shake. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/look-to-the-heavens-a-conversation-with-father-kurzynski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I raised my eyes to heaven<\/a>. <em>Lord, please don\u2019t let me die today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The snake lashed out. As if waiting for the perfect moment, a bright light flashed. For a split second, the snake seemed frozen in mid-strike, its jaws wide open, as if caught in a <em>National Geographic<\/em> photo. I flung myself to one side. The snake missed me by inches and slithered away in the dirt. I lay there in shock, blinking away lingering spots from the strange bright light.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrother Doug, eye-to-eye with a rattler!\u201d Buddy Earl put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. \u201cWhen I saw the fix you were in, I thought it best not to make a sound.\u201d He helped me to my feet, which were still half-asleep and tingling. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen you move so fast!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/3-mysterious-testimonials-of-illuminating-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThat blinding light gave me my chance,\u201d<\/a> I said, \u201cand I took it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere wasn\u2019t any light,\u201d Buddy Earl said. \u201cThat\u2019s got to be your imagination talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe you didn\u2019t see it,\u201d I said, shaking my head. \u201cThe snake sure seemed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buddy Earl gazed up into the trees. \u201cMaybe a ray of sunlight filtered through leaves. I won\u2019t argue with you, though, big brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I let Buddy Earl think what he wanted about the light. I knew it wasn\u2019t from the sun.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>For more angelic stories, subscribe to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/angels-on-earth-magazine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><strong>Angels on Earth<\/strong><\/u><\/a><em> magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rattlesnakes were common in the Smoky Mountains, where I grew up, and I knew to avoid them at all cost. But the timber rattler I came up against one sorry day when I was nine had been hiding under the roots of an old tree stump. 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