In the past two months our neighbor across the street has caught two garter snakes in those "sticky" traps that Massey puts in the garages. We managed to get them out alive and took them away from the neighborhood and released them back into the "wilderness." She is petrified of snakes and had to have someone else deal with them. Couldn't bring ourselves to kill them as they are harmless and are part of the "circle of life." (as Disney would say)

Bless you two. I'm one of the lucky ones -- I even like snakes. When you get to know them, they truly are marvelous creatures and do far more good than harm. The only time I don't want to be around a snake is when they are shedding their skin and that's because they really are foul-tempered then. Guess losing that skin doesn't feel too good.

Agree! Snakes are probably the most misunderstood creature there is, and I suppose we have Eve to thank for that......

Snakes get rid of mice, most door-to-door peddlers and other such vermin. It's a shame many people don't give them a chance and want to kill first.

I guess it's just like dealing with different people - prejudice and bias is tougher to shed than a snake's skin.......

Last spring, at our home in Georgia, I came into my kitchen one morning and there was a 4 ft snake sunning itself in my kichen window sill! I still don't know how it got there. I had gone out onto the back porch the night before, and left the door ajar. So I have to assume he came in then, and spent the night in my house! I had to find a neighbor to get him out and get rid of it, I still don't know or care what kind it was. I just know he's dead now. And as soon as I could get to the grocery store, I bought MOTH BALLs and placed them all around the doors going outside. The smell drives them away..they stink, but they work. And I still have nightmares about snakes. But haven't seen anymore close to the house, thank goodness!