We had some excitement at work this morning. Our office is out in the Texas Hill Country, so I have always known this was a possibility but today it happened... there was a HUGE snake!!
My boss, Kevin, and I both have exterior doors in our offices. He walked outside and passed by my window and then stopped. He quickly turned around and went back into his office. Very loudly, he says, "Uh, Amy- don't walk outside your office." I laughed and said, "Why?" He responded with, "There is a huge snake by your door." Uhhhh.... I am not really sure what I said in return, I was too busy scrambling up into my desk chair!
My office consists of four women and six guys. ALL of the guys immediately went outside the other door and went around to see it. I am still in my chair with my feet high above the ground. The snake starts getting nervous with its increasing audience and starts slithering around and HISSING. Yes, hissing. UGH. If you haven't figure it out by now- I do not do snakes. Or any creepy crawly of any kind. It also started flattening out its head so now I am convinced it is a Cobra.
The guys got a couple of brooms and tried to move it and it struck at the brooms. I was DONE at that point. Anyway, they got an ice chest and managed to get in there. The hauled it off into the woods somewhere and released it. So now, my skin is crawling and every movement outside freaks me out. Thank GOODNESS the dogs were in their play area and not running around.
Scotty got pictures on his iPhone- they are clear pictures but it doesn't really do the size of the snake justice since he had already coiled up. (The doormats are those that are in front of my office door. )
We found it online. It is a "Eastern Hognose Snake". Apparently, it flattens its head to resemble a Cobra as a defense mechanism. The subtitle under its name is "a shy, harmless, beneficial snake." WHATEVER. A snake is a snake and I KNOW it would have attacked and killed me if given the chance!!
My boss, Kevin, and I both have exterior doors in our offices. He walked outside and passed by my window and then stopped. He quickly turned around and went back into his office. Very loudly, he says, "Uh, Amy- don't walk outside your office." I laughed and said, "Why?" He responded with, "There is a huge snake by your door." Uhhhh.... I am not really sure what I said in return, I was too busy scrambling up into my desk chair!
My office consists of four women and six guys. ALL of the guys immediately went outside the other door and went around to see it. I am still in my chair with my feet high above the ground. The snake starts getting nervous with its increasing audience and starts slithering around and HISSING. Yes, hissing. UGH. If you haven't figure it out by now- I do not do snakes. Or any creepy crawly of any kind. It also started flattening out its head so now I am convinced it is a Cobra.
The guys got a couple of brooms and tried to move it and it struck at the brooms. I was DONE at that point. Anyway, they got an ice chest and managed to get in there. The hauled it off into the woods somewhere and released it. So now, my skin is crawling and every movement outside freaks me out. Thank GOODNESS the dogs were in their play area and not running around.
Scotty got pictures on his iPhone- they are clear pictures but it doesn't really do the size of the snake justice since he had already coiled up. (The doormats are those that are in front of my office door. )
We found it online. It is a "Eastern Hognose Snake". Apparently, it flattens its head to resemble a Cobra as a defense mechanism. The subtitle under its name is "a shy, harmless, beneficial snake." WHATEVER. A snake is a snake and I KNOW it would have attacked and killed me if given the chance!!
2 comments:
So I take it no reptiles as pets then, huh?
My reptile tortoise is a cute little thing!
I can't say I love snakes, but I think it's so cool you got to experience this guy in the wild! (I understand you wouldn't agree right now.) I mean, there was a big door seperating you two after all!
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