Weekend Surprise

Shaun · 06-21-2004, 01:23 PM

Well guys I got home from the girlfriends house yesterday and went to check my mail opened the box and all I saw was a snake after jumping back from the box about 10 feet and reaching for my CCW, which I left in the cab of the truck, I walked closer and found it was a dead black snake someone had stuffed in the box.

Now my first reaction was normal because to me the only good snake is a dead snake. I am glad the 380 was in the truck because I would have wasted the rounds and a $70 mailbox. I ended up calling the sheriff's department and filing a report and they managed to lift a couple of prints. If they ever catch the Juvenile Delinquent I hope they lock him/her up on the federal charges. To me it could have been an living rattler and thus resulted in a bite or a serious injury. All I know is that if I catch the Bastage they are going to get my Acme boot in a place they don't want it before I turn them over.

ScottD · 06-21-2004, 01:28 PM

Did ya clean yer shorts out?

Shaun · 06-21-2004, 01:30 PM

I hadn't ate all day so I was safe LOL

Rufus Rhastus J · 06-21-2004, 01:57 PM

Sounds exciting! Think I'll pass....I find enough shocking stuff in the mail box already.....BILLS!!!!

Oxford · 06-21-2004, 04:58 PM

People have had heart attacks over less than that. It's a bad practical joke at the very least. I wouldn't take it very well myself for sure.

On a regular basis I find garden snakes in my yard, mostly around 14-16" in length. I pick them up by their tail and relocate them, usually in a compost pile.

Stopper · 06-21-2004, 05:00 PM

some little peckerwood needs his arss kicked. That would scare the washers right out of me, only good snake is a dead one.

Snakebite · 06-21-2004, 05:53 PM

Somebody here put a live rattler in a mailbox. They were caught and busted for attempted murder.
Hope they catch em!

Shaun · 06-21-2004, 05:58 PM

I read the report of that one last week that was why I chose to call the Sheriff's Office.

In my case if you think about a 10 foot jump back I would have jumped right into traffic - I am just glad there were no cars when it happened.

06-21-2004, 06:47 PM

I have a pet boa. You should leave snakes alone, they keep the mice population down.
It's mean to kill snakes.
I get so whizzzed when I see those rattlesnake roundups where they kill all the rattlers after the show.
It was a mean thing that jassack did to you.

Oxford · 06-21-2004, 07:02 PM

I think the rattlessnake roundup is at the Little Sahara State Park near Wynoka(sp), Ok. I spent the weekend there three years ago riding a sand rail. No snakes jumped in with me, though.

Shaun · 06-21-2004, 08:16 PM

K you can have all the snakes you want - but in my presence if I find one I will avoid it (Black) -- Rattlers get a full load of shot from 10 yards - the blacks aren't dangerous but in most cases I'll id them after the shooting stops.

SilverRun · 06-21-2004, 08:54 PM

I am a biologist. I understand the whole balance of nature thing, but I am with Shaun on this one. If it is non-poisonous I leave him alone, but otherwise he had best hope I am at work. Can't carry while at work (bummer)!

I don't have a big problem with rattlers, but cottonmouths have a very unpleasant disposition!

colt45 · 06-21-2004, 09:56 PM

so do water snakes, sure glad they aren't venimouse.
i have had several snakes as pets including two pigmee rattlers. and a puff-atter. they where all good criters, only got bit once and that was my fault never touch the mice with your bare hands then reach in and try and pick up a sheding snake. they can't see you they only smell you and in this case he smelled mouse.
but man oh man i would have loaded my drawers and the box full of lead had that happened to me.

NRAJOE · 06-21-2004, 10:00 PM

My wife jumps back when I show her my snake too.....

Shaun · 06-21-2004, 10:07 PM

TMI Joe -- give her the AK to kill it

NRAJOE · 06-21-2004, 10:08 PM

Oxford · 06-21-2004, 10:10 PM

Joe...I've heard that those pygmy snakes have more show than most bull snakes.

NRAJOE · 06-21-2004, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oxford

Joe...I've heard that those pygmy snakes have more show than most bull snakes.

BASTAGE!

toolman · 06-21-2004, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun

TMI Joe -- give her the AK to kill it

Mrs. Joe told me it was already dead!

Gyrene · 06-22-2004, 12:07 AM

That reminds me of a little story!

Seems that this older couple was watching the TV religious shows, because of infirmities, that prevented their regular attendance at the church or their choice. One particular Sunday afternoon, there was a Faith Healer working his magic with the people in attendance at his meeting, and it was being broadcast on their local TV station.

After healing several members of the on TV audience, the TV camera panned close to the face of the Faith Healer, and he said directly into the camera, “For those of you out in TV Land, I want to help you too! Get up close to the TV and put your frailties next to the screen and I will do everything in my power to help rid you of your infirmities!”

The little old lady got out of her chair, and put her “BAD” knee up next to the screen and shortly after that the Faith Healer said his magic words, followed by “HEAL! HEAL! HEAL!” The little old lady moved her knee and it didn’t hurt any more, so she quickly told the little old man, “Get yourself over next to the TV, and let this man fix your knees and shoulders!” Then she turned to go to the kitchen because the show was interrupted by a commercial.

The little old lady heard the Faith Healer calling out to the TV audience again, and hurried back to see the little old man standing in front of the TV, while she heard, “HEAL! HEAL! HEAL!” She looked at the little old man who had his zipper down, and he looked rather dejected. She said to him, “The Faith Healer said he could heal the infirm, NOT RAISE THE DEAD!”

06-21-2004, 01:23 PM	#1
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	Weekend Surprise Well guys I got home from the girlfriends house yesterday and went to check my mail opened the box and all I saw was a snake after jumping back from the box about 10 feet and reaching for my CCW, which I left in the cab of the truck, I walked closer and found it was a dead black snake someone had stuffed in the box. Now my first reaction was normal because to me the only good snake is a dead snake. I am glad the 380 was in the truck because I would have wasted the rounds and a $70 mailbox. I ended up calling the sheriff's department and filing a report and they managed to lift a couple of prints. If they ever catch the Juvenile Delinquent I hope they lock him/her up on the federal charges. To me it could have been an living rattler and thus resulted in a bite or a serious injury. All I know is that if I catch the Bastage they are going to get my Acme boot in a place they don't want it before I turn them over. __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

06-21-2004, 01:28 PM	#2
ScottD Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evanston, IL Posts: 1,020	Did ya clean yer shorts out? __________________ "Some people can not live without wilderness"-Aldo Leopold

06-21-2004, 01:30 PM	#3
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	I hadn't ate all day so I was safe LOL __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

06-21-2004, 01:57 PM	#4
Rufus Rhastus J Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West, Central Florida, Third World America Posts: 6,339 Images: 1	Sounds exciting! Think I'll pass....I find enough shocking stuff in the mail box already.....BILLS!!!! __________________ "They cannot be trusted.....The Romulans (our politicos) are without honor." Worf

06-21-2004, 04:58 PM	#5
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,219 Blog Entries: 4	People have had heart attacks over less than that. It's a bad practical joke at the very least. I wouldn't take it very well myself for sure. On a regular basis I find garden snakes in my yard, mostly around 14-16" in length. I pick them up by their tail and relocate them, usually in a compost pile. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

06-21-2004, 05:00 PM	#6
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,214 Images: 1	some little peckerwood needs his arss kicked. That would scare the washers right out of me, only good snake is a dead one. __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

06-21-2004, 05:53 PM	#7
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,846	Somebody here put a live rattler in a mailbox. They were caught and busted for attempted murder. Hope they catch em!

06-21-2004, 05:58 PM	#8
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	I read the report of that one last week that was why I chose to call the Sheriff's Office. In my case if you think about a 10 foot jump back I would have jumped right into traffic - I am just glad there were no cars when it happened. __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

06-21-2004, 06:47 PM	#9
Mr. Kaneko Guest Posts: n/a	I have a pet boa. You should leave snakes alone, they keep the mice population down. It's mean to kill snakes. I get so whizzzed when I see those rattlesnake roundups where they kill all the rattlers after the show. It was a mean thing that jassack did to you.

06-21-2004, 07:02 PM	#10
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,219 Blog Entries: 4	I think the rattlessnake roundup is at the Little Sahara State Park near Wynoka(sp), Ok. I spent the weekend there three years ago riding a sand rail. No snakes jumped in with me, though. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

06-21-2004, 08:16 PM	#11
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	K you can have all the snakes you want - but in my presence if I find one I will avoid it (Black) -- Rattlers get a full load of shot from 10 yards - the blacks aren't dangerous but in most cases I'll id them after the shooting stops. __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

06-21-2004, 08:54 PM	#12
SilverRun Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: AL Posts: 1,666	I am a biologist. I understand the whole balance of nature thing, but I am with Shaun on this one. If it is non-poisonous I leave him alone, but otherwise he had best hope I am at work. Can't carry while at work (bummer)! I don't have a big problem with rattlers, but cottonmouths have a very unpleasant disposition!

06-21-2004, 09:56 PM	#13
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	so do water snakes, sure glad they aren't venimouse. i have had several snakes as pets including two pigmee rattlers. and a puff-atter. they where all good criters, only got bit once and that was my fault never touch the mice with your bare hands then reach in and try and pick up a sheding snake. they can't see you they only smell you and in this case he smelled mouse. but man oh man i would have loaded my drawers and the box full of lead had that happened to me. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

06-21-2004, 10:00 PM	#14
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,353 Images: 3	My wife jumps back when I show her my snake too..... __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

06-21-2004, 10:07 PM	#15
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	TMI Joe -- give her the AK to kill it __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

06-21-2004, 10:08 PM	#16
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,353 Images: 3	__________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

06-21-2004, 10:10 PM	#17
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,219 Blog Entries: 4	Joe...I've heard that those pygmy snakes have more show than most bull snakes. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

06-22-2004, 12:07 AM	#20
Gyrene Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: CA Posts: 886	That reminds me of a little story! Seems that this older couple was watching the TV religious shows, because of infirmities, that prevented their regular attendance at the church or their choice. One particular Sunday afternoon, there was a Faith Healer working his magic with the people in attendance at his meeting, and it was being broadcast on their local TV station. After healing several members of the on TV audience, the TV camera panned close to the face of the Faith Healer, and he said directly into the camera, “For those of you out in TV Land, I want to help you too! Get up close to the TV and put your frailties next to the screen and I will do everything in my power to help rid you of your infirmities!” The little old lady got out of her chair, and put her “BAD” knee up next to the screen and shortly after that the Faith Healer said his magic words, followed by “HEAL! HEAL! HEAL!” The little old lady moved her knee and it didn’t hurt any more, so she quickly told the little old man, “Get yourself over next to the TV, and let this man fix your knees and shoulders!” Then she turned to go to the kitchen because the show was interrupted by a commercial. The little old lady heard the Faith Healer calling out to the TV audience again, and hurried back to see the little old man standing in front of the TV, while she heard, “HEAL! HEAL! HEAL!” She looked at the little old man who had his zipper down, and he looked rather dejected. She said to him, “The Faith Healer said he could heal the infirm, NOT RAISE THE DEAD!”