Earlier this week I was minding my own business heading home from Soccer Practice with my boys when we came across this little guy on our porch walkway.
After pulling in to the driveway my son Caleb headed off to the side of the house and as he was starting on the walkway to the side gate I heard him yell and jump back a good five feet! I had no clue what was in the front of the house that would scare my son so bad.
I walked to the front of the house and saw this thing curled up right in the middle of our walkway. My sons all rushed over and my oldest got over his initial shock and fear of finding a snake in our front yard and started getting excited. I used my quick thinking and pulled my camera out of my purse that was still on my shoulder and began shooting pics of the little guy. It was getting dark so I couldn't get great shots of him.
I didn't know what to do. I couldn't leave him in the front of our house and plus the boys needed to get the trashcans to the road so they could be picked up in the morning. Luckily I think we started annoying the little guy because he started slithering down our front yard and eventually crossed the street and headed off in to the brush and bushes across the street from us. Needless to say I stayed outside with a flashlight trained on the little guy while my sons brought the trashcans to the road.
What an exciting end to our evening. Caleb was so excited to have seen a snake in our front yard. He was sure it was a rattlesnake. I really couldn't tell, it looks like there could be a rattle at the very end but I never actually heard it rattle and it was getting to dark to really get a good look at it. I think I really don't want to know because that just makes it much more scary!! Do you think it's a rattler??
