way OT [SEL] rattle snake in my playroom

[Curt Holland]

Luke,
Have always enjoyed snakes and had quite a few while growing up. All the 
neighbors call me when they have a snake in the yard or house. I gather 
them up and release them to the safety of the woods.
Markings like the one you pictured would scare a southerner good, 
immediately fearing copperhead.
I did a search on snakes in your are and here is the link.
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/7416/mi.html or
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=snakes+of+michigan&page=1&offset=2&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D14fd0405d9f2c20d%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dsnakes%2Bof%2Bmichigan%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.geocities.com%252FPetsburgh%252FReserve%252F7416%252Fmi.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DnsBrowserRoll%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FPetsburgh%2FReserve%2F7416%2Fmi.html
Eastern Hognose snake looks familiar and the caption says they play dead 
when provoked.
However, look at this link or the last photo!
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=snakes+of+michigan&page=1&offset=2&result_url=redir?src=websearch&requestId=14fd0405d9f2c20d&clickedItemRank=1&userQuery=snakes+of+michigan&clickedItemURN=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FPetsburgh%2FReserve%2F7416%2Fmi.html&invocationType=-&fromPage=nsBrowserRoll&ampTest=1&remove_url=http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/7416/mi.html 
<http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=snakes+of+michigan&page=1&offset=2&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D14fd0405d9f2c20d%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dsnakes%2Bof%2Bmichigan%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.geocities.com%252FPetsburgh%252FReserve%252F7416%252Fmi.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DnsBrowserRoll%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FPetsburgh%2FReserve%2F7416%2Fmi.html>
I put your picture and this picture side by side on the monitor and the 
marking on the head, over the eyes, and down the neck are VERY similiar. 
No rattle?
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

Luke Tonneberger wrote:

> Hi Everybody,
>
> Not sure what kind of snake this is but Shirley about stepped on it 
> while she was going out to hang up some laundry on the clothes line 
> this past Saturday afternoon. It was about 16 inches long. After 
> poking at it with a broom handle to get him to go on his way he sorta 
> coiled up, raised his head, and hissed a few times. You can see him 
> donig this in the second picture. I was able to dangle him off the 
> broom handle and put him out in the weeds. He never did try to bite at 
> the broom handle.  Shirley watched from faaaaar away as she is very 
> afraid of snakes. When I get time I'm going to try and see what type 
> of snake it was.
>
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/luket/temp/mvc-005s.jpg
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/luket/temp/mvc-008s.jpg
>
> Luke Tonneberger
> Rockford, Michigan
> USA
>