So after doing all my morning chores yesterday I needed to get out of the house. So I decided to go for a walk. I make it up the road not far at all from the property when I see this big black snake slithering across the road. What perfect timing to be going for a walk!!! My heart started racing with excitement! I pulled out my camera and started filming this short video. He didn't even try to get away from me.
The snake was HUGE!!! I've caught a few black rat snakes in my day but never this big. He wasn't quite 6 feet long and I got the measuring tape out to see. I wanted to know exactly how long he was. I measured out 5 feet. As you can see he isn't stretched out all the way even at 5 feet. So my guess is he is around 5 and a half feet long. The only other black snake I ever caught bigger then this was when I caught an Indigo Snake in Florida when I was a little boy growing up. I was about 10 or 11 years old.
I let him slither around the yard some so I could get some more good pictures of him.
Now for some selfies :-)
Of course I had to bring the snake in the house. Believe me when I say that my wife @bridgetmartin wasn't happy at all about that LOL. I put the snake on the bed to see what the kitties would do. I got this good picture of the snake and Stella. She kept trying to sniff him out not being scared at all of him. In fact she wanted to play with him. She thought the snake was a new toy I brought her HA HA.
Now to enter this snake in Papa Pepper's photo contest. I'm sure he will be thrilled!
As always, I'm Theo aka Rainbow Man and here is the PROOF!
BLACK SNAKES MATTER!!! What my shirt says...
Stay Un-Tune-Ed
Join the Truth Party, The Radical Underground Tyrant Haters Party!
Comedy through activism, activism through comedy.
Do no harm but stand your ground.
Welcome to the NEW West!!!
Cool!!! You are brave for doing this... Respect! I think I would react like your wife did :) See you around...
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Thanks! I let the snake go late last night over at our new house after she came home. I needed her help with taking some more pictures. I wanted one of me with the tape measure so I could get a better measurement of how big he was. Not one time did the snake his or strike at me. I hope to catch him again some day.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
this is sick haha
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Did you not see the giant Brown Recluse I found in the post before this? That was sick!
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Very cool! I love those guys!
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
How cool! This is a beautiful snake...
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit