On Saturday May 19, 2023 my good friend, MadSnapper aka Beau's Mom had this photo of a Black Racer Snake slithering in their back yard:
He was about 3 feet long and no, I don't bother critters. He is a black racer, and we have had them here for 34 years. The largest was about 5 feet long.
It reminded me of my one and only close encounter with a Black Racer.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh S(N)AKES alive that is 100000% a snake.
I really don't like any slithering critter bigger than an worm. WHY well when I was about 6 y.o. my parents and I went to our friend's lake cabin with them. The men fished,
My friend and I were playing on the shore skipping rocks and just having a ball. All of a sudden a black racer decided he wanted to race us. Of course, being 6 year old girls we squealed so loud we broke the supersonic sound barrier. We ran up the hill as fast a greased lightening. He raced after us. I expect he won the race but we didn't stay around to congratulate him. We were in the house with our Moms and and Dads were giggling.