I can now JUMP!!!

[Rowdy66]

Yesterday evening went out the back door or maybe I should say I was headed out the back door to take my little dogs out for the last time last night. I had just put one step down and my littlest dog was just a step ahead of me when he jumped and turned around and ran back in the house with this look of surprise on his face. We both must have seen the SNAKE wiggling right within inches of my feet at the same time. It was about 18 inches long. I started screaming for my husband, "Snake, snake, there's a snake." Needless to say I had to go in the living room and get him. He went out with a shovel and a flashlight while I continued to jump around. I was quite impressive. Then I spotted the snake between a desk I keep out there and the refrigerator I keep out there for ice. I told my husband to give me the shovel but he told me to go get my own so I did and for the next few seconds we beat the heck out of the snake trying to cut it's head off. I must say they are really resilient and it took several attempts before I was successful as I was the one who had the head end while he kept it pinned down by it's tail. I am truly surprised the police were not called by my nearest neighbors who are some distance away as we were really into this attack. Exhausted we were able to finallay dispose of the snake and go back inside. I have never laughed so hard in my life. I didn't know I could jump. My new knees are truly awesome. Rowdy PS I told you guys a long time ago we live in the desert. Lucky is wasn't a sidewinder or a coral snake, it was just a garden snake but I do not have a garden.

 

[Doug]

Finally, someone else has a "doug" moment. I thought I was the only one that could happen to.
Great story.

 

[Rowdy66]

Hey, it is true, I just did this last night. This time of year I never know what is going to be out in the back. A couple of weeks ago there was a frog or toad out front that was about eight inches across. It looked like a toad on steroids. They can make the dogs real sick, so we have all kinds of good stuff to look out for. Keeps me on my toes. Rowdy

 

[carolinagirl]

Rowdy you have made my day!
I needed a good laugh and thanks to your story I got it!!
What a way to find out you can jump!
To me a snake is a snake is a snake, no matter what kind or what size.
Just like a rat is a rat, whether it is a tiny mouse or one of those big ole warf rats.
Glad ya'll got him and no one is the worse for wear!

 

[beachcomber]

Rowdy---
Have you gone back out that door since then? I would always assume the snake( or his brothers or cousins) would be waiting for me every time I went out that door after that. I used to be soooooo phobic. Not so bad now.

But ------ jumpiing? You are superwoman! Love the story!

 

[Rowdy66]

I am evidently not too smart or am suffering from short term memory loss, lol, as I am still blundering out the back door like that was the only snake in the county. I have to say though, my husband and I have laughed at ourselves and how we must have looked all day long. In his words, we really decimated that snake. What was funny was he is more afraid of snakes than I am and he thought at the time he was holding it by the tail with the shovel that it was a coral snake and our lives were in danger. There was no way he was letting go of the shovel and he is the one who hasn't been out back all day long. As for the jumping I didn't know I was even jumping until we had killed the snake and Hector told me I was still jumping. Last summer we had a tarantula (is that spelled right?) that was big out there. Spiders, for me, are worse than snakes as far as creepy crawly goes. Especially big one with fur. And you know what was amazing is my knees are not at all sore today, I could not be happier. Rowdy

 

[Jamie]

Rowdy....snake dancing! What a way to get your aerobic exercise and test out that new knee. Great story!! Glad it was just a garden snake, though.