livie1205
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yesterday we were outside in the yard when a little girl ran up to my dh and said there is a snake in another neighbors driveway! My dh and his best friend ran down there and there was a 5 ft Water moccasin in the yard!
My dh called the women and asked her if she wanted him to take care of it and she screamed "yes! please shoot it" They have a 5 yr old who had just told her he was running outside to play...if that snake would have bit him OMG we live so far out.They have a pool and it was probably looking for water.My dh put 2 bullets in it! The husband was not home and he called my dh and THANKED him about 10 times.
We always tell the kids to keep a eye out while outside because we have rattlers and Water moccasins in the area...we kinda live out in the country.We do try to leave the black snakes alone though because they keep the bad ones away.This was the thickest Water moccasin we have seen out there! I freaked out knowing that little boy would have just run out into the grass and probably not seen it until it was to late or jumped in the pool without noticing first.
We made sure to show the kids so they know for sure what it was and how to tell that it was just not a reg black snake, but then again we tell them if they see ANY snake to tell us right away and NOT go near it!

We always tell the kids to keep a eye out while outside because we have rattlers and Water moccasins in the area...we kinda live out in the country.We do try to leave the black snakes alone though because they keep the bad ones away.This was the thickest Water moccasin we have seen out there! I freaked out knowing that little boy would have just run out into the grass and probably not seen it until it was to late or jumped in the pool without noticing first.
