Scary!

Today I had a scary experience. I started around the corner of the house by the trash cans headed for the truck so I could pick up Michael, and looked at the side of the house and there was a huge snake clinging to the brick! I had no idea what kind it was or how to deal with it. I called John’s cell phone but did not get him. I knew none of the other boys were available, so I called the Sheriff’s Office. They told me, “We don’t do snakes!” Well, I don’t do them either. They told me to look in the yellow pages under reptiles and call someone. HUH? I said a little prayer and called Everman. I told them my problem and that I live just outside the city limits. They asked their chief (Randy Sanders whom I have known for many years) and he sent animal control. The lady, whom I had met before, was great. She caught the snake with her loop and held it up. It was almost five feet long. She explained that they are harmless and eat rodents but they try to fool you into thinking they are a rattlesnake by shaking their tail. (Coulda fooled me!) She said that Randy told her she could come over here anytime. She also checked on the dog (Postal) that she already knew about but she did not catch her. When Michael got here and I told him about the snake, he went around the yard looking in everything - the well, the compost, the woodpile, checking for snakes. THANK YOU EVERMAN!