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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 10, 2010 12:50:44 GMT -5
Black Snake?? I found this guy in my attic. I turned him lose outside..
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Post by Decatur on Apr 10, 2010 12:54:29 GMT -5
How did he get in your attic?! I hope you found him and not the Mrs!
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 10, 2010 13:21:52 GMT -5
How did he get in your attic?! I hope you found him and not the Mrs! Dunno... That is the second one in about 6 or 7 years. The wife thought he "was pretty"..
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Post by Decatur on Apr 10, 2010 13:39:53 GMT -5
lol Most women would have screamed their curlers out of their hair...in fact, I'm not sure that I would scream myself if I found him in my attic! Snakes don't scare me, but I think finding one where I wasn't expecting it would straighten my hair a little!
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Post by drs on Apr 10, 2010 14:10:33 GMT -5
Looks like it might be either a Spotted King Snake or Rat Snake.
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Post by HighCotton on Apr 10, 2010 15:32:06 GMT -5
We used to find those on the farm. Always called them Rat Snakes. I've seen them all black, black with brown splotches and black with greyish-white splotches. We saw them as long as 6 feet. I'm definitely not a herpetologist - just know what we called 'em (which might be all wrong, LOL)
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Post by danf on Apr 10, 2010 17:20:14 GMT -5
Woody, it looks like he's attempting to pose for your avatar.
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Post by tusti on Apr 10, 2010 17:21:14 GMT -5
Oh, from the subject, I thought this thread was going to be something about the white house.
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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 10, 2010 18:34:06 GMT -5
Most likely a black rat snake, or as I usually hear them called, a black snake. We used to see a lot of them where I lived in Decatur county, and some were not totally black, having markings like the one in your picture. Did it stink, or wiggle it's tail? That is something they do. Also, how big was it? the markings are more common in young snakes.
It has been my experience that they will take up residence in the upper regions of buildings if unmolested. My family used to manage a camp, and we had a lot of bird trouble in a shelter house...until a large female black snake began frequenting the rafters. We were glad for the switch.
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 10, 2010 19:15:22 GMT -5
I agree with sasquatch. Looks like a black rat snake to me. I think they loose the pattern when they get somewhere around 4-5 feet long. It would look something like this if you put it on a bow.
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Post by whiteoak on Apr 10, 2010 19:20:07 GMT -5
Deadly black mamba LOL. Nah I think your safe. He was probably doing you a favor being up there.
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Post by crazybuck on Apr 10, 2010 19:39:42 GMT -5
Oh, from the subject, I thought this thread was going to be something about the white house. No. That is a "Snake in the Grass" not a "Snake in a House"!
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Post by poundsy on Apr 12, 2010 14:53:50 GMT -5
Looks like a copperheadedrattlemocasin.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 12, 2010 16:50:46 GMT -5
Looks like a copperheadedrattlemocasin. That was my guess too....with a little sidewinder thrown in.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Apr 13, 2010 5:51:01 GMT -5
King Snake in my neck of the woods. Good mouser!
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Post by jgrimm on Apr 13, 2010 20:26:18 GMT -5
My wife would have the house for sale!!!
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Post by omegahunter on Apr 14, 2010 11:17:33 GMT -5
My dad called those corn snakes because he would always find them in the corn crib hunting for rats and mice. I have seen them at Glendale F&WA as long as 8 feet with those markings clearly visable. That big boy scared the bejeebers out of me! Too close for something that big to move without me knowing it was there to begin with! They are very mild tempered in my experience with them.
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Post by drs on Apr 14, 2010 12:26:16 GMT -5
My dad called those corn snakes because he would always find them in the corn crib hunting for rats and mice. I have seen them at Glendale F&WA as long as 8 feet with those markings clearly visable. That big boy scared the bejeebers out of me! Too close for something that big to move without me knowing it was there to begin with! They are very mild tempered in my experience with them. One Squirrel Season; I had an eight footer, lying next to me, in a woods not far from Glendale. He sneaked up next to me to keep warm as it was chilly that particular day. MADE ME JUMP OUT OF HIS WAY!!!!
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Post by birddog on Apr 14, 2010 12:48:53 GMT -5
Call it what you want but in my world he'd be called DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!! Reminds me of being down at Brown county camping a couple of years ago,was setting outside one day and this kid on a bicycle came by and stopped totally white,I asked him was he all right and he said there was a very big "rattler" crossing the road,I went and looked along with my wife and sure as all hell there was a rattle snake crossing the road,he was about 4-1/2 ft. long and as big as my arm in diameter.I started to kill it but about that time a park employee came along and said not to that it was against the law...ha..ha..in my neck of the woods it isn't!!So we watched it slither away...should have killed it!!!!!!!!!
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Post by drs on Apr 14, 2010 14:12:50 GMT -5
Call it what you want but in my world he'd be called DEAD!!!!!! When I jumped up & out of his way; I threw a stick at him. He just raised his head and gave me a dirty/ ed-off look!!!
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