A couple days ago, around 7 am my cell phone goes off, I roll over, hit the ignore button, and go back to sleep. Around 8 am we decided it was time for everyone to wake up. I grab my phone only to realize that it had turned off when I had hit the ignore button. I turn it back on, and instantly get a message from Sam. I don't remember the exact message, but it was something along the lines of, "OH MY GOD, THERE'S IN A SNAKE IN MY GARAGE!", I'm sure there were a few shrieks in there, but I can't remember exactly. I called her as soon as I got the message and I'm greeted with the shrieks that I can only assume have been going on for the better part of an hour. I'm finally able to get a grasp on what Sam is freaking out about. Apparently she had walked outside to the garage and heard a funny noise. She shockingly went to investigate, and found a snake with its head stuck in one of the bug boxes the pest control companies put out.
Sam says she's called her pest control company and they had said they were headed out to deal with the issue. Although it had been almost an hour since she called. So I sent Big L over to go help her out. When Big L gets there he discovers that the snake is actually stuck in 2 of the sticky bug boxes, and that it had been going after a dead field mouse that had gotten stuck in there a couple days prior.
Big L gets to Sams house, and this is where the story gets a little fuzzy since I had to hang up and feed the boys breakfast, and Sam had to "supervise" the snake extraction. From what I gather of the events, Big L picked up the snake from the garage and took it around to the back of Sams house with the intentions of releasing the snake into the woods. I had warned Big L of how sticky the boxes were, but he never listens to me, although I tend to be right 100% of the time! :) He tried to remove the snake (and this is where it gets a little graphic folks) but because the box was so sticky he ended up ripping the skin off the snake. He put the snake out of its misery by cutting its head off. I don't like snakes AT ALL, but I certainly felt bad for it that it had its skin ripped off while still alive. You can't fault Big L for trying to do the right thing by setting it free.
Emily says...wow, there's my snakey! Thank you Barrus family for coming to my rescue :) Let me add that this snake was at a minimum 2 feet long and VENEMOUS....(no?) We are forever indebted to the snake charmer that is Big L (surprised he didn't bring a gun to shoot it...oh wait, that would require ammo and as we all know there is no ammo in the US as it's all in India?!).
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