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So yesterday was a pretty average day for a Sunday. I cut Hubby's hair out on the front porch (mmm... high and tight, just how I like it) and gave Kiddo a nice summer trim, as well. Squirt and the puppy both frolicked with us on the front porch, Squirt playing in the water table and Puppy doing his best to chew on the extension cord for the clippers.

All this went on, and none of us ever noticed that we had a little visitor over in the corner.

Yes, folks, that is indeed a Timber Rattlesnake. The herpetologist next door informs us that they are seen 'round about these parts from time to time, and that the likelihood that we'll ever have one this close to the house again is slim to none. He guesses that the snake just got lost, followed the wall up onto our porch, and couldn't find his way off again, which is understandable, considering the drop off on the one side.

Of course, in the excitement of going to get my neighbor (I drove -- 'cause it was hot, and given that we'd just found a lethal snake on our front porch, I wasn't really keen on tromping through the 200 yards of woods that separate our houses), I left my car keys in the ignition, which left something running, and so my car battery is dead now. Not that I had anyplace important to go today.

It'll give me a good chance to keep on Snake Lookout Duty.

*sigh*

Motherfucking rattlesnakes. Anyone wanna put money on what's next? Bear? Coyote? Bigfoot as a baby?
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  • Motherfucking rattlesnakes. Anyone wanna put money on what's next? Bear? Coyote? Bigfoot as a baby?

    Nahh, more likely a Mormon...........

    • Hey, now THAT'd be cool! Down here in Baptist country, it's legal to shoot THOSE on sight!! :-D

      ....Bethanie....
      • lol. Last summer while I was at work my wife had a couple nice Mormon boys visit the house. Since it was hot outside she invited them in and gave them some lemonade. She stated upfront she was already a Christian (Methodist) but was curious about their beliefs. They talked for about 1/2 hour and she got a free Book of Mormon out of the deal.......

        • If I were to invite to young Mormon boys into the house out of the heat, giving them some lemonade and talking about our spiritual beliefs is about the LAST thing I'd have in mind. But if they wanted to leave behind their little book, I'm sure I wouldn't mind having the souvenir. :-)

          ....Bethanie....
  • I had a black widow in my garage last year. One of the rare occassions I brought out the insecticide. I don't generally mind spiders and don't like killing them, but a black widow is not something I want finding its way to the inside of my house.
    • Yeah. My mom just got bitten by a brown recluse about 3 weeks ago when she was pulling up carpet in her bathroom. She's just now getting to where she can hold things in that hand, and the bite is healing up.

      Spiders like that are scary, and can require medical attention -- but the rattlesnake, well. That would have killed my baby. And that gives me serious pause.

      Let's just cross our fingers that statistics work in my favor this time around.

      ....Bethanie....

  • Many years back I bought an airplane that needed a fair bit of restoration work. Drove down to Texas to pick it up, was loading the parts onto a trailer, and then heard what had made a home inside the wing. Took about 20 minutes before the rattlesnake make its way out. Guess they are protected species too - as the guy went out of his way to move the snake rather than kill it. I waited till the dead of a Minnesota winter before took the fabric off the wing and peeked inside.

    Also picked up a rattlesnake ra
    • Makes for all sorts of fun when everyone packs into a 6 man tent or gathers by the fire and you give it a little shake when hidden from view.


      Only if you like laundry duty ;)
  • Rattlesnakes pretty much have to be provoked into biting humans.

    Unfortunately 'provoking' includes stepping on them in tall grass or otherwise disturbing/supprising the snake.

    Understandable with the little ones around you'd rather Mr. Snake was far, far, away from your property.
  • Well, now we know what the sequel to this movie [imdb.com] will be :) Samuel L. goes on a fishing vacation, and rents a beautiful old cabin with a wraparound porch. Unfortunately, he soon discovers why the caretaker was not around to let him in...

    Bethanie, do you have a basement? Not to freak you out or anything, but if it gets really cold and/or their normal nests get disturbed by nearby construction, snakes are known to make basements their home. There was a show on PBS that showed snakes sliding through a school be
    • I live in rural NE Georgia. And yes, I have a basement. And after this experience with the snake on the porch, I'm keeping an eye peeled everywhere I go -- garage, basement, you name it.

      So far, we've had mice, scorpions, and a couple of black racers or rat snakes (not sure which). And lots of toads and lizards and spiders. And the dog has brought back all kinds of vermin of the rodent variety... Living in the country just means sharing your home with critters. I just don't want them to be the kind of crit
  • I'm a little shocked that you haven't had a coyote bark at your door yet. (Maybe they don't like other dogs?) When I was 12, I had one run at me in the middle of SuburbanSubdivisionLand. (Apparently they like the suburbs and cities because all of the prey we kill with our cars makes for easy hunting.)

    I'm extrememly glad that we don't get rattlesnakes here.
  • After reading your entry to BBB, his request was for you to ship the pretty snake to us, alive, preferrably. When we watch snake shows on TV, he wants to be the one that does the rescue.

    (mmm... high and tight, just how I like it)

    When my nephew was in basic training for the Army he told me that he had gotten a "high and tight", I responded by asking him if that meant he got himself a very tall virgin.

    He was not amused.

    ^_^

    • Well, the snake is already gone -- but don't you think it would be illegal or something to ship it across state lines? It *was* pretty, though. That's for sure.

      And your nephew needs to get himself a sense of humor. I thought that was funny. :-D

      ....Bethanie....

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