What’s the matter, turtle got your tongue?
Calvin “Clicker” Embry talks a little funny these days. You would, too if a 15-pound snapping turtle ever latched onto your tongue and wouldn’t let go.
This bizarre story started to unfold just before dusk this past Fourth of July. Embry, 41, a laborer from Wayne City, Ill., was at a local fireworks display when one of his buddies asked if he’d show everybody how he can hypnotize a snapping turtle and kiss him right on the snout.
“I started doing this trick years ago, and it’s a great crowd pleaser,” the legendary turtle hunter said. “I guess I’ve kissed about a hundred snappin’ turtles and never been bit — until this last time.”
