So.... Last night, we were getting ready to take my daughter &; son-in-law out to dinner, then off to my son's baseball game. But then a knock at the door, and a somewhat frantic neighbor-wife....
"do you know there's a big snake on your fence?" Um, no....
Son we all pile out of the house, and yep, there's a 3.5 - 4' snake crawling along the top of the fence between our yards. Well, the situation quickly devolves to 3 men with shovels offering to kill the beast, one wife saying "don't hurt it" and another calling animal control / the police. And 2 kids going "COOL!"....
Ah, excitement in suburbia. We ended up leaving before it all resolved, but I think the nice police office was going to put it in a pillowcase and take it away. Probably jst let it loose down the block....
A little internet research says it was a Black Rat Snake. I suppose they're good to have around to eat the rodants, but thig guy was a bit..... LARGE
And I'm sure my "puppies" would ahve a ball playing with this slithering sucker. As they're both 75lb+ And dumb as they are, they'd probably get bit.
Anyway, I don't know if he (she?) is still around or not.
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