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Jilda was walking in front of me and she stepped over some debris in the path. The dogs were right on her heels but I noticed that the debris didn't look quite right. When I looked more closely, she had come within inches of a chicken snake that was well over six feet long.
When I pointed it out to her, she didn't ever squeal. The fact is, it's not uncommon to see these critters around our barn. We had a huge chicken snake that lived in our barn for years before being hacked to pieces by a neighbor when the snake ventured into his yard.
Our barn has been snake free until now.
After I shot a photo of the snake, we went about our walk. We hadn't gone a hundred yards when we came upon another chicken snake on the path. This one was much smaller than the first one.
I'm including a photo of our new friend. I also wrote a column for next Sunday's paper about our slippery friends.
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