In my life, just about every female (wife, daughter, sisters, gfs) had a thing about snakes. All negative, Not sure why. Is it my sample size?

My beloved older cousin had an indigo snake he brought to show us young ones. Gorgeous deep blue back and an orange underbelly. He explained it was harmless and let us hold the snake. That was a long time ago, but I have never feared nonvenomous snakes. I've touched pythons as well. Never had a close encounter with a poisonous one except for a scare at age 8 by almost colliding with a copperhead while sliding down a hill of fresh dirt. It gave little traction for stopping, but I pretty much levitated up that hill and made a beeline for home.

At that age, I wasn't at all sure it hadn't tracked me home and might be coiled in wait if I ventured outside. But that was before I met the indigo snake and learned that many snakes were homeless.

Thin and cooper colored !

I hope this one wasn’t an escaped pet.

Snakes are wonderful creatures. I hope you get to know one better.

All within 10 ft of my house. I have a snake catcher so I will catch and move the baby snakes a mile away but not the big ones. I usually chase them away with a hose. They hate cold water. I think it messes with their body temp.

We should get our first freeze in a few days - so I hope I don’t see anymore till spring.

In the past, I’ve been bitten, one of my dogs has and a neighbors dog on my land was bitten.