Doug Van Pelt

I saw a snake

I was just out for a mid-morning stroll, drinking a Monster Energy drink, keeping an eye out for the Fed Ex truck (expecting the new issue any minute now), giving the wild cats some water and see what ole Douglass was up to. I mosey'd on down to the broken pond area with Biscuit in tow. Just before I ducked my head under the low branches at the Y by the pond, I saw it -- a snake. Biscuit was just West of it by a few yards, but didn't see it. I hollered at him to come to me and then held on to his collar as that snake slithered away. It was a slim guy, dark skinned. Pretty long. He sure moved fast away from me. I'm guessing by location (and not by sight) that it was a water moccasin. He was "standing" pretty high before he slithered off.

My heart is still beating faster.