Bad year for snakes

My father in law used to work construction and one day he killed some big ol snake they found on the jobsite. Figured he’d play a joke on the new guy by throwing the snake at him while he was running a dozer. Turns out new guy was scared to death of snakes and freaked out. Next morning new guy was waiting for him at the jobsite with a 4ft length of 5/16 chain.
Nobody played jokes on new guy ever again.