One, anyway. And I found it in the BATHTUB of all places! Do these two look the same? They do to me, but I don't want to overlook anything before I let it go. Here's the text that goes with the first picture; The second picture is the one I found. I like the part about feeding on copperheads! Also, how the heck did it get in the tub? It couldn't get out because the walls are too vertical and slick.
hmm... for some reason I don't see that in the guidelines used on deciding to kill a snake or not... :bla: I bet that was fun to find... ou:
if you found him in the tub,he probably came in thru the drain pipe.meaning the next one could pop up thru the toidie:laugh:
In the late 50s and early 60s we had a little fishing place on the NC coast in Currituck County. It was really rural at that time. There was no bathroom in the place which was just an old Bluebird Bus converted with a kitchen and bunks. Tall weeds outside of the bus and swamp all the way to to sound. Lots of snakes, mostly black snakes and cotton mouths. There was an outside hand pump for water and a wooden outhouse for a toilet-both in the tall weeds. I feared using the outhouse or the kitchen cabinets the most because either there was a snake sliding out just when you sat down for business or there was one about face high just lying there curled up. So I have seen many come up from around the toilet in my time. It was hard to keep your concentration believe me.
A few years ago an older guy I know of was using an outhouse. While sitting he got bite right on the ol pecker. ( This Is A True Story ) The guys rushed him to the hospital. His thing swole up big time! He told the doctors and nurses Take Out The Pain Leave In The SWELLING. ou: He is still alive today.
Last winter I had to have a testicular sonogram. (No problem found.) It was *ahem* interesting. No pain involved to say the least. I'm not sure if I will ever have to have another one, but 'here's hopin'!
Looks like a Pine snake by the tail,they like to burrow.They hiss and may vibrate when confronted.Rat snakes like to climb and remain motionless when confronted unless there's no way put.If it flattens it's head it's probably a Pine snake.
:grin: I would like to ask him, but I don't think he would want to talk about it any more. He is around 74 years old now. It happened probably 25 years ago.
My parent's inground swimming pool had all sorts of wildlife using it for recreation over the years. I've pulled out a brown snake, mice, and LOTS of frogs (they loved swimming in the pool and were a pain in the but to catch and take out!)
This reminds of a ture story about a friend of mine several years ago. They lived out of town a few miles and had a septic system. On night his wife heard something that woke her up. She got up to check on the kids, which were fine. Since she was up she went to the bathroom. She soon found the scource of the noise. A very large rat was in the comode, and jumped up and hit her on the butt. She screamed and passed out on the bathroom floor. Seems the husband had dug up the sewer line making repairs and left it open for the rat. She said she nevers sets down on a toilet without checking it any more. He was in the dog house for weeks. JIM N.
not a snake story.........but bathroom incedent.....about 20 years ago over at my buddies house which was next to railroad tracks his wife was on the toilet and let out a scream that would curl your hair as we went to investagate she came out of the bathroom trying to pull up bloomers and pants, there was a opossum in the toilet trying to claw its way out...........and of course me and my buddie was on the floor cracking up after we realize what was going on................as a kid in West Virginia it was an outhouse we used so granddad always checked for anything unsavory that would try to get me.
Critters coming up through the toilet would keep you alert for the rest of the day! :eek2: I went up the path a ways and let it go, hope it doesn't find it's way back to the tub.
I remember one time when i was a young boy staying at my grandparnets house my cousin came running out of the bathroom, pants around his ankles screaming at the top of his lungs.. " the turd has whiskers" it was a rat that had come up thru the septic system.
