The Defiance Democrat, Defiance, Ohio-1 February 1883
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A Somnambulist Bitten by a Moccasin.
A man named Richard Meeler, living near Richey's mill,
not far from Homer, Ga., states that during the night
he had a dream in which he thought there was a
terrible storm rising, and that, for his safety , it
would be necessary for him to go down to the mill,
some fifty yards away, and hide himself under the
floor.
There were a great many rocks, stamps and shafts of
machinery under the mill, and while stumbling around
underneath and near the water-wheel he was bitten by a
moccasin snake in the several places in the foot. He
then went into the lint-room, in the gin-house near
by, and tied two handkerchiefs which he had in his
pockets round the limb, one above the other, and
started home. He thinks that he was awakened from his
dream about the time he got back to the house. He
then told the family he had been bitten by a snake,
but not to be alarmed. A doctor came to his
assistance, and he is not in a fair way to recover.
The family says that he walks in his sleep frequently.
