distinctive, flexible flashlight design having separate head and tail sections interconnected by an intermediate flexible section; the head gradually increases in cross-section from an inner point where it connects to the flexible section to its outer face which contains a generally elliptically-shaped lens located in the outer facing surface of the head; the generally tubular tail section, like the increasing cross-section head, has a larger diameter than the length of the head or tail; the overall appearance of the flashlight configuration resembles a snake uncoiling and rising up to a strike position