You gotta quit taking on those homicide cases. They are affecting your sense of inner peace.

As for northern water snakes, they are tough to cut with a shovel. You must have had a good sharp one.

A number of years ago Lynda spotted the body of a snake, with both ends under bushes. All I could see was the mid section -- and yes the coloration and pattern is quite close to a copperhead's. I didn't know which end was the head or tail. I picked it up with a long handled shovel and immediately knew it wasn't a copperhead. That thing was huge -- much larger that copperheads grow. He sure had a bad attitude, but I let him go in one piece, a long ways away.

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