> and aggressively chases him It's definitely not aggressively chasing him. Snakes are way less aggressive than the average person realizes. The problem is tha

> and aggressively chases him It's definitely not aggressively chasing him. Snakes are way less aggressive than the average person realizes. The problem is that we are huge to snakes. So while we're thinking, "Oh, shit! This snakes is chasing me!" The snake is thinking, "I gotta hide! Quick to these two big rocks right near me. Wait! The rocks keep lifting and moving away! I gotta get to them!" 90% of the time when someone thinks they're being chased by a snake, it's either: 1. You are between the snake and where it knows shelter is (water, cover, hole, etc.). 2. There is no visible shelter nearby and the snake thinks your legs are a place to hide. I've spent a lot more time around snakes than most, including many venomous ones in the wild, and I've never been "chased". Snakes are small animals with very limited energy budgets. To them, you are a giant monster running on high octane fuel. All they want is to get away from you as easily as possible so they can go back to running in low power mode until prey comes along. They don't have the inclination or energy to tussle with you.