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by Prince Of Petworth June 14, 2016 at 10:00 am 13 Comments

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“Dear PoPville,

In the continuing saga of snakes raining down from the sky, this one landed three feet from me when I was at the Glover Park community garden on Saturday. I think–I hope–that a bird dropped it. And am very grateful it didn’t land on me, or I’d still be screaming.”

flieswithhoney

I never had this fear until I lived here. Hope the rest of your day was better, OP.
Hill Denizen

OMG, that’s terrifying.
DE

Sure it didn’t fall from a tree? That’s the usual way.
dcd

[God, I wish we could post images here.]
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“There’s motherf**king’ snakes on the motherf**kin’ plane!”
Hisssssssssssssss

OP Here… The closest tree was 20 feet away and there are no overhead branches.
- anon
  
  Great temporary username.
ExWalbridgeGuy

This makes me so mad. There’s no rats in the trees so I don’t want snakes wasting time up there. The snakes are not on a f***ing vacation — they have a job to do and it’s not in a tree.
- Anon
  
  +1,000
  
  That was such a good laugh, thanks!
- anon
  
  Good one.
Caroline

Anyone want to weigh in on the kind of snake? My (poorly educated) bet is on a hognose snake.
- anongardener
  
  Northern Brown Snake? Doesn’t look chunky enough to be a hognose.
  - Anonymous
    
    It’s Storeria dekayi (common name: brown snake/northern brown snake or De Kay’s snake): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storeria_dekayi They have that distinctive checkered pattern and are very common here.
    - Caroline
      
      Internet, you’re awesome.

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