Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/24/04 11:08 AM, "Walker Smith" <doubs43@cox.net> wrote: > Those are good shots, Mitch. Many people don't know that many snakes CAN > climb. Not far from where you took your pictures on Sugarloaf Mt. (I > assume you were in Frederick Co., MD) is where I grew up. My father's > house was built of rough brick and one afternoon, about 15 years ago, I > was walking around the side of the house when I saw a huge snake going > up the wall toward a vent into the attic area. I called my father as the > snake came down on the porch and slithered onto the wood pile. It curled > into a striking position and while it didn't appear to be poisonous, Pop > killed it with one shot to the head from a Colt Woodsman .22 pistol. > Ordinarily, Pop wouldn't have hurt it but he didn't like it's > threatening attitude coupled with the fact that it had obviously been in > the house attic area before. It measured out to about 5 1/2 feet long. > It's not the climbing snakes which get me it's the flying ones! Drink a lot of whisky for a real long time then STOP!!! cold turkey! The flying snakes are attracted by the cold turkey. "Gimme a cold flightless bird anyday" they say. They attack from above! Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/