Asbit
So Many Morphs...
So tonight, just a few min ago in fact. I had to take my son and go get him some more goodnights. And as we are on the way home in the dark, what do my eyes catch but the faint movement of a snake trying to get across the road just as I am about to run it over!!
I immediately swerve to miss it and pull over, telling my son to stay in the truck, as he is saying "I hope you did not kill it mom"! I am walking up the should of the street waiting for the next vehicle to pass me and of course it is a car load of smart arse teen males, who got great pleasure out of screaming at me at the top of their lugs startling the bejesus out of myself and my son.
Then I wait for a quick opening in traffic and dodge out to grab it and of course it panics and heads back toward another truck, I grab it and thank fully they see me ( no doubt wondering why is this woman scrambling around hunched over in the middle of the road) but I grab it.
Then I run to the safe side of the street and give it a gentle toss into the tall grass of an open field but not before it has a chance to musk me something fierce!! Even after wiping my hands in the tall damp grass, I had the foulest smell a garter has ever graced me with. We had to drive the rest of the way home with all four truck windows wide open!!!
All in all it was a good save the garter was about 2 feet long but only about 1 to 1.5 inches around, so quite long and slender. Very vibrant because even the dark of the night with only the light of a few street lights near the intersection I could see that it was an Eastern with a very brilliant yellow stripe down it's back.
Unfortunately, no pics, no camera with me and I was more concerned about dodging traffic at the moment but my son was very happy I had saved him and not run him over but did give me heck and said I should not be risking my life for a snake. Kids.:shrugs:
I immediately swerve to miss it and pull over, telling my son to stay in the truck, as he is saying "I hope you did not kill it mom"! I am walking up the should of the street waiting for the next vehicle to pass me and of course it is a car load of smart arse teen males, who got great pleasure out of screaming at me at the top of their lugs startling the bejesus out of myself and my son.
Then I wait for a quick opening in traffic and dodge out to grab it and of course it panics and heads back toward another truck, I grab it and thank fully they see me ( no doubt wondering why is this woman scrambling around hunched over in the middle of the road) but I grab it.
Then I run to the safe side of the street and give it a gentle toss into the tall grass of an open field but not before it has a chance to musk me something fierce!! Even after wiping my hands in the tall damp grass, I had the foulest smell a garter has ever graced me with. We had to drive the rest of the way home with all four truck windows wide open!!!
All in all it was a good save the garter was about 2 feet long but only about 1 to 1.5 inches around, so quite long and slender. Very vibrant because even the dark of the night with only the light of a few street lights near the intersection I could see that it was an Eastern with a very brilliant yellow stripe down it's back.
Unfortunately, no pics, no camera with me and I was more concerned about dodging traffic at the moment but my son was very happy I had saved him and not run him over but did give me heck and said I should not be risking my life for a snake. Kids.:shrugs:
