We had a visitor in our flower/weed bed in front of the house. Andy wanted a better look, so he grabbed the shepherd’s crook and scooped the snake up and into the yard. I figure the critter was about five feet long. It was definitely unhappy to have been moved and did a little hissing. After a bit, Andy put the snake back in the flower/weed bed, but it wasn’t happy there anymore and wiggled off into the trees. I think it needed to find a nice quiet place to digest all those yummy mice it had bulging in it’s tummy.