Not a snake, but last week I saw the first scorpion I have seen on my property ever, more’n two decades.

And it was inside the house.

I did see what was was probly an 18 inch garter snake last week, being carried off by a red-shouldered hawk.

"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744