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with the house frights (instead of health frights,) i have another tale to tell tonight. hold on to your socks. i took pics, and when i load them on to photobucket, i will link.

nutshell: we moved into this house and are renovating. it is actually looking really awesome, which is cool, right? except we pulled up the wood floor in the library because it was buckling, and we were going to either put some marble or slate tile, or carpet down once we lay another subfloor on top of the one that was under the buckling wood. the one that is there now has a few holes in it around the edges, and beneath is a basement -- a really raw basement. we don't really hang in that room because the floor in there sucks, and there is no furniture in there because we are planning the re-do. there is just major shelving that we built into the walls to house our gazillion books.

okay -- so tonight is peter's birthday (my mom's husband of like 25 years.) he's a cool dude and takes awesome care of her despite her illness, loves her a ton and stuff. we like him -- he is good. so we took them out to this fancy italian place for dinner, la la la. we come home. let the dogs in, and the biggest one, mandy, heads straight for the library and starts barking the "intruder alert" bark.

THERE WAS A FUCKING FOUR FOOT SNAKE IN THE LIBRARY! yes, i took pictures of sebastian holding it up with my raft-guide paddle. totally bizarro. scared the life out of me.

sebastian put it in a paper grocery bag, stapled it shut, and put it in the trash. we couldn't figure what else to do with it cause if we put it back out to the woods, it would probably come right back, yeah? snake was all weird and listless, and had this glisten to it like maybe it had just shed its skin. wicked. sebastian went to the basement to look for babies or whatever and didn't find any.

anyhoo, makes the squirrel in dolan's room a couple months ago seem like nothing.

calling the carpet place tomorrow. sheesh.

frog"thanks for letting me share"gy

quite an experience! what great stories you have.
if you ever told how you came upon such an awesome house, i missed it-- care to share?

I thought this story was going to be about ghosts!

Do you know what kind of snake it was?

i would've pissed my pants and there would have been no way that you could make me sleep in that house. i HATE snakes. terrified of them. i'm glad you had a man that took care of it for you! haha

First of all, the title to this thread? hahahaha!

Second of all, great story! Can't wait to see the pictures (to prove it's fo' real ).

Third, the squirrel might have actually freaked me out more?!!? (But then, I despise squirrels.)

Shannon, I'm kinda disappointed. I thought this thread was going to be about how you rode a wild horse without your shirt on.

Did Sea Bass kill the snake or capture it live?

what kind of snake was it?

there are plenty of ways to kill a snake without getting too close - most of them involve a shovel - let me know if you want snake-killin' tips from an old ranch gal

I don't know if this works in Virginia, but in Texas if the snake has cat eyes... then you're good to kill it because it's poisonous. If it has a round pupil, you can handle it safely and relocating it is a good idea. They don't necessarily return and they keep the rodent population in check.

And then there's those danged coral snakes. Forget the red-on-black nursery rhymes. I can never remember it the right way. But then again, I've only seen one of those.

And then there's those danged coral snakes. Forget the red-on-black nursery rhymes. I can never remember it the right way. But then again, I've only seen one of those.

red to black venom will lack, red to yellow will kill a fellow

and yes the eye thing holds true. I would release the snake if I were you they really do help a lot.

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red to black venom will lack, red to yellow will kill a fellow
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or is it...

Red on black! Watch your back! Red on yellow. A friendly fellow.

I never can remember.

or is it...

Red on black! Watch your back! Red on yellow. A friendly fellow.

I never can remember.

red to yellow will kill a fellow

red to yellow will kill a fellow

Are you willing TO BET YOUR LIFE ON IT?!

Looks like a coral snake? Kill it with the garden rake!

Are you willing TO BET YOUR LIFE ON IT?!

geeze man you're harshing my buzz

geeze man you're harshing my buzz

there is no such thing as relocating a snake when I see one it's KILL KILL KILL ITTTTTTTTTTTT!!! of course, i'm running and screaming and crying and so I'll usually have someone else kill it for me but if it gets in my way it deserves to die. i have a huge phobia of snakes like, i can't even watch one tv or look at it in that picture infact with out getting really freaked out. our cats keep killing snakes and bringing them to our porch (yes, i know it's their "gift") and i wont go near the door. once my sister picked one of the snakes up and said she was going to take inside just to freak me out. dumb ho.