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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 2456830" data-attributes="member: 16989">Had a similar thing happen this morning (the snake bit, not the armed red-neck).Woke up to a 6 foot Rat Snake in our front yard.  We live in Backwoods Missouri, but we still live in a small town next to several busy roads & the neighbors have some big dogs.I called Animal Control & they came & got it.If we lived further in the country, I'd have kept the snake.  They eat all sort of vermin & are very beneficial.  I wouldn't be surprised in you all start having rat/mics/mole problems now.Snakes are good.  Snakes eat a lot of pests that arte destructive.  (And if you leave the snake alone, it will leave you alone).PS.  All Black with White belly sounds like a black ratsnake (which is what the 6 footer in our front yard was).  As the name suggests, they eat a lot of rodents & are very nice to have around.  But, again we live in-town & the snake's lifespan was very limited).Those snakes were probably keeping vermin from getting into your house.</blockquote>