[SEL] snake OT

[Alan]

About 40 years ago we made trip out to Montana. On the way back it was all in a heavy rain
Driving a couple hundred miles running over thousands of snakes per hour was cool.
They were way too thick to stop and get out of the car.
When it finally got to where we couldn't see more than a dozen at a time in the headlights my step-father stopped the car and used his handy slingshot and a handful of ball bearings to shoot a dozen diamondback rattlers in the head then he cut off their rattles.
 
I guess they were his war trophy.
??????
 
Right now a lady at work is very happy to have a large mystery snake in her garden eating all the bugs.
Just today though she told us that it was hissing at her when she was trying to pick some zucchini.
 
Alan in Michigan

--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Germoamer at aol.com <Germoamer at aol.com> wrote:


From: Germoamer at aol.com <Germoamer at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [SEL] snake OT
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 8:44 AM



In a message dated 8/27/2009 7:28:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com writes:

HOLY  CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Rick,

I might have said something like that too when I had the door handle in my  
hand and saw it at eye level and jumped back 5 ft.  We had just had a  
severe thunderstorm with torrential rain for a short time.  The storm may  have 
made it come up on the carport.  If it had been poisonous, it surely  would 
have not lived long.  But, a blacksnake is good to keep away mice,  etc.  If 
it stays around out buildings, ok, otherwise it is going  elsewhere!

Glad the photo got us lurkers talking!  

Tom  Schmutz
Concord,  Va.
germoamer at AOL.com

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