By the sounds of it, Pauly, poor old Carl was slugging it out against a massive army of rampant, mutant molluscs.....and came off worst.
Poor lad.
He had been advised to carry a pouch of salt with him, but had chosen to disregard that advice.
Seb, all-round top bloke who used to regularly frequent these pages, made hunting snails almost an art from, hence his username, "Slugger".
Honest!
He does nip in occasionally; hope you're keeping well, Seb.