Louis described how he would tie a little bit of bacon on a

Louis described how he would tie a little bit of bacon on a string, dangle it down the chimney for a bit and then pull it back up with a crawdad clamped onto the bacon. (We used this same technique in our backyard).

The drilling crew scrambled for some string and bacon and headed out to a nearby chimney.

The tool pusher, who is the putative head of the drilling crew, and who in this case was a really large guy was the gang leader in this enterprise.

He was the one who dangled the string with the bacon down the tunnel in the chimney.

Imagine the scene: a big, strong, proud guy bent over a mud chimney with a string laden with bacon down the hole. He is surrounded by his crew all anxious to see what happens next. Louis was there as a local advisor.

Before the tool pusher pulled the string up, the phrase ‘snipe hunt’ flashed before his eyes.