snake in the road.

tonight while walking the area I secure I came upon a snake.
I have a theory on spiders and snakes where work is concerned.
it is if you are not in the area I have to walk at night, you live...
well I always walk the road with a stick of some sort.
when the snake seemed to follow me. I gave it a whack.
later I drove back to the area the snake was in and it looks like I broke it's back. it looked like it was suffering. so I ran over it. it became one with the road. but i could see it still breathing. so i had to do it again. nothing is worse than feeling something crush under your tire.

I feel so bad. If only the snake had stayed off the road.

in June or July James and I where driving the perimeter. and seen a little snake. it was no thicker than a pencil. it was about 8 to 12 inches long. we both where wearing floppy shoes. so we shoes to stay in the truck. and James asked me if he should kill it. I told him I could not tell hem to kill it or let it go, you have to make your own choice. But I would let it go. it is keeping the kangaroo rats under control.
For the next few weeks i had to hear James complain that we could not walk the perimeter because he thinks the snake is still here...

I put one of those square EverReady flashlights near the flat snake. The snake is almost twice the length of the flashlight. now i will never get James to walk the fence line with me..
OK I will not walk it for awhile either...

I called James and told him i flattened the snake for him.. he is calling me she-ra snake killer women.
so two hours later i see the snake has stopped twitching. And i need to move it off the road. I come to a deli ma. even thought this snake is flat, with guts smushed out, I still thing the snake is cool. I do not just want to throw it over the fence.
But i do not know if i want to skin-it. take the rattle. or what. I can not bring it home James would leave me. he hates snakes. I can not keep it at work the girls at work hate snakes... so I am not sure what to do with it.
but i still have 3 hours to work so i am sure i will find something to do with it...

if anyone is wondering what kind of snake it was.....
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