Not so Ordinary Day !!

Today was an ordinary day… NOT ! I mowed the yard, watered the garden, picked tomatoes and peppers and then went grocery shopping in Longview… Sounds ordinary and it was till I went to the pantry to get something (and I have not a clue what I was getting) I opened the door and looked down. THANK GOD I looked down. There was a cord on the floor no wait, it wasn’t a cord. IT WAS A SNAKE…..

As you can see my pantry is the space under the stairs.

This photo was taken after the snake was out of the closest. More things sit on the floor, such as a shelf, appliances and grocery recycle bags.

Of course I moved quickly to the living room trying to contain my vocabulary!!! John jumped up and ran to the closet he saw the snake slithering back under the cabinets into the back corner. At this point he ran for a shovel and a rake. He had to get the snake out…without shooting him… What a bloody mess that would have been!! Needless to say this was going to be tricky! And that it was. First he cleaned out the closet using the rake to move the appliances; next he chased the dang thing around the back of the closet. Of course the language that snake heard should have burnt him up!! He had him trapped down with a shovel and the snake beginning to gape in hopes of deterring John. John was able to identify him at this point. He was a Cotton Mouth aka Water Moccasin.

The name cottonmouth snake is a more precise name as a water moccasin can be several different types of snakes. It is a relatively large, thick-, and fat looking snake with wide, dark bands along its body. Cottonmouth darkens with age and at some point the bands become obscured. The cottonmouth snake is aquatic, although it can be found as far as one mile away from water. The closest water source other than the bathtub for this snake is my front yard. But how the heck did it get in the house and even more how the heck did it get in my pantry.. When did it get in there? OK, so on with the story, after what seemed like forever and after Jaiden and I both resorted to sitting on the stairs John hollered open the door. He began dragging a wooden shelf out of the pantry and around the corner to the front door. As you can see he pulled the cabinet into the yard. He then took the gun and sat down to wait for the snake to come out. And I of course I had grabbed my iphone!!

John wasn’t feeling to patient so he began to dig into the cabinet and out slithered the little devil!!! ! We all watched him for a moment to see what he would do and to get a couple of photos… I wasn’t about to miss this Kodak moment. Then after taking a couple of shots of him slithering

CA-BOOM !!! CA-BOOM again !!! He was stopped dead in his tracks…. But the nerves in his neck were still jerking so CA-BOOM again !!!!! That did it one dead snake !!
YIPEE !!! I exclaimed and ran to shoot more pictures. The only good snake is a dead snake !!!

He is hanging on the fence right in front of the tank where he should have stayed!! As a warning to his friends. Mess with the best and you will die like the rest ! SNAKE BEWARES!!! My Marine is a straight shot and you don’t have a chance!!! As I am writing this Jaiden is sleeping on the floor beside me. Even after we had John scour the whole house top to bottom and no other snake was found she and I both are not excited about sleeping in her room!!!