Snakes in the Yard

Many of you on Facebook have already heard and seen the most recent excitement around the Jones home. Last week, Trevor was outside on a Sunday afternoon playing with a bunch of toads that always hang around our house. He came upstairs yelling about a snake so I went down to investigate. As I opened a small storage door about 10 feet from the door to our house, I saw what looked like a rubber hose laying mostly hidden behind a basket. I quickly realized it was WAY TOO BIG to be a hose and, well, I don’t own any gray hoses! So, I ran and got my hoe and a stick and sent the kids inside. One quick jab with the hoe and I realized this was no ordinary little snake. After I pinned it to the wall it began to make “barking” sounds and it started thrashing about wildly. I was shaking at this point. By the time it was said and done, I had killed a 6 foot 7 inch long Thai “Lion Snake.” It was a nasty thing and even worse it was trying to eat Trevor’s toads right in our front door. So, after killing it, I stuck it in a box and took it to a friend in town. He skinned it, chopped it into little pieces and fried it up with basil and peppers. I had a nice bowl of it over rice and thought it was good even in spite of all the bones!