[DonH57]

Crossing in the tunnel between the golf course under 466 to Laurel Manor we seen a good size reddish brown snake. I did not go back to see if it has been hit. It is about 4 feet long. I'm sure it will be hit sooner than later. He was' nt moving either.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by DonH57

Crossing in the tunnel between the golf course under 466 to Laurel Manor we seen a good size reddish brown snake. I did not go back to see if it has been hit. It is about 4 feet long. I'm sure it will be hit sooner than later. He was' nt moving either.

His chances of crossing 466 were better using the tunnel!

[kittygilchrist]

snake minding his own business and nowhere to slither.

[rubicon]

If it wasn't moving chances are someone already rolled over it.

[DonH57]

I know and I was not about to get out of the cart and poke it either. From now on I'll carry a stick !

[Didiwinbob]

Maybe a corn snake

[asianthree]

yuck

[tommy steam]

Originally Posted by Didiwinbob

Maybe a corn snake

Maybe it's a creamed corn snake now.

[DonH57]

Good one Tommy !

[Happinow]

Oh gross on the creamed corn!

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by DonH57

Crossing in the tunnel between the golf course under 466 to Laurel Manor we seen a good size reddish brown snake. I did not go back to see if it has been hit. It is about 4 feet long. I'm sure it will be hit sooner than later. He was' nt moving either.

I guess snakes are pretty common in Florida but not very common in Vermont. I think there is one little spot in Fairhaven, Vermont that has rattlers, but that is it.

Otherwise, a few small garden snakes but they are harmless. Haven't seen any in 43 years.......used to see them slither up a stone foundation on a farmhouse or up a stone wall........but never "in town".

HOWEVER, we returned from vacation to read a letter to the editor in our newspaper. Our old Fairdale Farms milkman's wife was pretty upset that a boa constrictor had been "on the loose" in her neighborhood for quite some time while we were gone. I later read the article on how the snake was captured at a later date...........this was only a few short blocks down our hill........it could have slithered up here very easily......

BENNINGTON BANNER NEWSPAPER:

"LARGE SNAKE FOUND LOOSE ON ELM STREET"

"Thursday August 15, 2013"

"An Elm street resident had an eventful walk Tuesday evening when a man warned her of a snake in the road just ahead of where she stood with her dog.

She continued walking and witnessed the brown and yellow snake, about 10 feet long, slithering slowly across Elm Street in the direction of the Elk's Lodge.

I couldn't believe it, she said. For a minute it stopped dead in the road. I think maybe it was sick because it was moving very slowly.

With help, her daughter moved the snake, a boa constrictor, into a recycling bin. Then, the mother, who is an advertising representative for the Banner and the Manchester Journal , called the police.

A passerby, an intensive special needs specialist at Mount Anthony Union Middle School, circled back around to assist. He immediately called his son, telling the woman that the police would only call Animal Control to kill the snake and that a similar snake had been reported missing on nearby Putnam Street (a twelve foot boa constrictor which turned out to be the same snake).

Upon arrival, police refused to exit their cars.

He then called his son who wrapped the snake into a blanket and drove away.

There was no word on if the missing snake from Putnam was in fact the snake found by the woman. (But it was).

The local incident occurred only weeks after two young Canadian boys, Noah Barthe, 4, and his brother Connor, 6, were strangled to death by a 100 pound python that had escaped from an exotic pet store.

Last Friday, nearly two dozen other exotic animals from the same
Canadian pet store were seized or killed, including a Cuban crocodile, dwarf crocodiles , snakes and lizards."

NOW, THIS WAS THE SAME SNAKE.......AS REPORTED BY ITS OWNER.
It had escaped from a backyard enclosure.....on a small residential street.

The owner , not being able to locate the snake for quite some number of weeks, told everyone "It has a very small mouth"........what?????

Meanwhile, glad we were gone for two weeks on vacation.......but folks in the neighborhood were nervous that a boa constrictor was on the loose.

Whether it was ten feet long or twelve feet long........didn't matter, nor that it "had a small mouth"..........

[kaydee]

this critter was in there last nite when I went to Walgreens around 7pm & he wasn't moving then thankfully!