The Bunun call the snake kaviiad, meaning "friend." According to Bunun lore, if one meets a hundred-pacer one need only wave a red cloth at it and it will go away.
布農族稱百步蛇為 Kaviiad（朋友），相傳人、蛇相逢，應禮讓蛇先行，或割下一塊紅布送過去，百步蛇便會從容離去。