Snaky Visitor
As I finished up cutting the grass yesterday, I opened the door under my house to put away the mower and jumped when a little head popped up as the door opened. It was a snake that quickly slithered back into a corner under the house. What to do?
Personally I don’t like snakes and am afraid to touch them. I put the mower away and got a flashlight and stick to see if I could entice the bugger out from underneath the house. My first instinct was to pretend like I didn’t see him, but I knew better. I thought of the movie Snakes On The Plane, and I wanted that snake out of my house! I poked at him or her and he moved into a balled up black net. Well, I stuck the stick into the mesh net and tossed it out from under my house. I now had a snake in mesh netting. Using the stick, I stuck it into the mesh and started walking. I was going to go down the street and toss the net and snake into the wilderness.
Mr. Snake had other ideas. His head started coming out of the net as I walked down my driveway. He was hissing and none too happy, I guess. By the time I almost got to the end of my driveway he was out and looked like he was 5 or 6 feet long. I pushed him with my stick toward the street and he was off. I was surprised by his speed as he slithered across the street and disappeared into a natural area between two houses.
I always heard that black snakes are good for your garden as they eat rodents and other pests. If that is the case, I am happy for my neighbors, who shouldn’t have any problems now that Mr. Snake is somewhere over there. I hope, however, he has no sense of direction back to his old home.
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