You know you are loved when your neighbor gives you a live snake

[smokeythecat]

Folks, you can't make this up. My whole life has pretty much been that way. I was driving back from a quick trip yesterday and glance over to see the folks across the street from my house outside - which is a rarity. The gentleman had a rake outside and was doing "something" with a black "thing" on the ground. That memory thing in my brain, what's left of it anyway, says STOP! and I stop the truck and back it up a bit.

He has gotten about a 5' long snake picked up in the tines of the rake. I asked what kind of snake is that. He said it's a black racer, he said his wife wanted him to kill it but he didn't want to. He won that argument. I told him good for you! As his wife and I are discussing snakes, he calmly walks the snake across the road on the rake (it was scared half to death) and was being still, and gently put it down in the middle of my lawn and then went back across to road, to talk a few more seconds at which I went home laughing my arse off.

Now you KNOW the snake then went where it wanted to go anyway. I am loved!

 

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[pa plateau hiker]

We all love kind hearted snake people.

 

[Trezurehunter]

You are a "snake charmer" Smokey. I never kill them. They are good for keeping insects and rodents under control.

 

[smokeythecat]

And I got an absolutely free gift!

 

[ticndig]

I'm glad to have black snakes around after seeing what mice can do to your cars wiring .
mice ate the wires off of my sons brand new truck , stealership wanted over $ 2000 to fix it.

this one got me while removing it from the hen house. click to enlarge if you wanna see the damage.
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[newnan man]

I used to have 5 aviaries with various types of birds. One was full of finches which as I found out, breed like crazy! Anyway the occasional snake ( various types) would find a way in and after eating 2 or 3 birds was too fat to sneak back out through the mesh. I still didn't kill them. They were doing what came natural. It must of been like free pizza to a bunch of teenagers.

 

[ticndig]

the only ones I kill are the copperheads. they can do more harm than I'm willing to deal with.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I don't kill any. Found a water moccasin in my back yard Easter Sunday morning and relocated it. I have also moved copperheads to the woods next to my property. I have donated raccoons to a friend of mine( he didn't know it) but have never been given a snake. You should feel special Smokey!

 

[smokeythecat]

I laughed quite hard. Taking the snake to my front lawn with me watching! It was soooo funny! Like the snake is going to stay there even 5 minutes! A big tree fell down about 100' away from their house. It might have lived in it.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you for sharing!

 

[Doug H]

the only ones I kill are the copperheads. they can do more harm than I'm willing to deal with.

and we got plenty of em in Cumberland don't we tic. Knock on wood I haven't had one in my yard but my neighbor has killed a couple.

 

[Honest Samuel]

Instead of receiving snakes, I rather have my weight in gold.

 

[ticndig]

and we got plenty of em in Cumberland don't we tic. Knock on wood I haven't had one in my yard but my neighbor has killed a couple.

oh ya , plenty of snakes here in Cumberland. but not many mice , nature at work.