The World’s only Stand-up Comic, Snake-Handling Magician, and the only entertainer for all things reptile. Snake Encounters was born at the Dallas Nature Center in 1992. It was established with the purpose of providing education on the subject of snakes in a humorous and entertaining way – in order to dispel myths and enable audience members will overcome this fear, or any other phobia. As Daryl has proven, time and again, nothing is more empowering than staring down, and overcoming a phobia.