Topic: Snake In My Building

[bill440cars]

         I went out top my Building (a 12x 14), that I had previously found a snake in several years ago, and as I walked into the building, I notice a "pile of something" on my small workbench. I stopped and looked..... and VERY quickly left the building. Then I cautiously eased back towards that area to make sure of what I thought I saw. Sire enough, there was one big snake! Don't have a clue, to this day, as to what kind it was. Later, I would realize that it was about 3 & 1/2 foot long and about 1 & a half inches in diameter! Now, all I had to take care of it was my Pump up BB/Pellet gun! I remember thinking, when I bought it several years ago (to run off possums with), that this sucker is a pain to pump up after a bit. I can tell you one thing, for certain, I killed that snake with that BB gun and I Don't Remember having any problem pumping that sucker up between shots either. "Can Anyone Say Adrenaulin Rush!" I snuck up on him for that first shot and, after that stunning blow, he didn't stand a chance!

    My thought is:
   A snake may not hurt me, but it can cause me to hurt myself!

                              Later on, Bill

[DarkRider]

could have been worse bill...could have found your slithering friend in the sidecar or something...

[upperlake04]

 Oh oh    when  Bill starts a thread on using guns lethally we're in trouble.        You'll put your eye out with that thing!                                               

[keiths]

My wife wanted to through a small rock at the one that was in my bike last night. I hope she was kidding.

[DarkRider]

Oh oh    when  Bill starts a thread on using guns lethally we're in trouble.        You'll put your eye out with that thing!                                               

Run Dave Run...Billys got a gun!

[dustyc]

I walked into a building I was renovating and coming down the studs from the ceiling was about a 5 foot black snake.  I did not know I could move so fast in reverse.  Turned out it was Oscar, the local rat killer.

I walked out my front door about 2 months ago and going down my steps was a nice big 5-6 foot snake.  I caught him in a trash can and after much debating decided where I could let him go where he would cause no harm.  I assumed he was a copperhead(I'm no herpetologist).  Turned out to be my neighbor's pet ball python that had escaped a week earlier.  I felt really bad, but come on, let folks know when your 6 foot pet snake gets out. 

[xtalon]

I walked into a building I was renovating and coming down the studs from the ceiling was about a 5 foot black snake.  I did not know I could move so fast in reverse.  Turned out it was Oscar, the local rat killer.

I walked out my front door about 2 months ago and going down my steps was a nice big 5-6 foot snake.  I caught him in a trash can and after much debating decided where I could let him go where he would cause no harm.  I assumed he was a copperhead(I'm no herpetologist).  Turned out to be my neighbor's pet ball python that had escaped a week earlier.  I felt really bad, but come on, let folks know when your 6 foot pet snake gets out. 

Congrats to you for your catch and release program!  I also try remove snakes rather than kill them, although if I thought one was a copperhead, I'm not so sure.

I've even done catch and release with Black Widow spiders before.  Maybe they all will give me good kharma one day.   

--xTalon

[bill440cars]

could have been worse bill...could have found your slithering friend in the sidecar or something...

        THAT sure wouldn't be good. Just goes to show you that there are LOTS of things to be thankful for, like, "NOT finding a snake in my sidecar, or something!" Take care Chris.

                               Later on, Bill

[bill440cars]

Oh oh    when  Bill starts a thread on using guns lethally we're in trouble.        You'll put your eye out with that thing!                                               

              Hey Dave, Bet you're glad you're up there and far away from Arkansas! Be kinda hard for you to get hit by a stray BB, huh?
              By the way, We enjoy watching "The Christmas Story" too!

                            Later on, Bill

[bill440cars]

Oh oh    when  Bill starts a thread on using guns lethally we're in trouble.        You'll put your eye out with that thing!                                               

Run Dave Run...Billys got a gun!

                     Yeah, I've got my trusty Crossman Pump Up Pellet/BB Gun, so ya better watch out!   "Not a Red Ryder BB Gun!" (it'd be worth more but not near as powerful though!)

                                     Later on, Bill

[bill440cars]

I'm not bothered by snakes.  I have a 6ft (and still growing) Boa that I keep in a bin beside my bed.  The wife is fine with it too! She hates the Tarantula at the foot of the bed though (also a pet).

          To each his own, but it's not for me. I don't mind seeing them at the Zoo or on TV, but not on my property and definitely not in my building, garage or my house.

                                   Later on, Bill

[tbone]

Jeeze Bill, don't ever go in my barn! Got one that camps out in there 2 13'-14' long and as big around as my quite hefty forearm. I'm 6' & 275lbs. 

BTW His name is George. 

[clarkjh]

BTW His name is George. 

Do you pet his fir the wrong way?

James

[tbone]

Do you pet his fir the wrong way?

James

No, but I have had to step over him to get out of my front door.
He likes sunning himself on the front porch! 

[clarkjh]

Do you pet his fir the wrong way?

James

No, but I have had to step over him to get out of my front door.
He likes sunning himself on the front porch! 

And some people just get a guard dog.
James