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‘Ooooh My God’: Snake on Windshield Triggers Highway Freak Out

So what would you do if you were driving down the highway and you happened to see a snake slithering across your windshield? If you’re Rachel Fisher of Memphis, TN you’ll scream. If you’re her husband Tony, you’ll whip out a camera and record the whole thing:

The New York Daily News reports on what happened:

Rachel Fisher, 26, was at the wheel going about 65 miles an hour as the sizeable snake slid across her windshield. Her husband recorded 2 minutes and 24 seconds of the spectacle as she alternated between girly screams and nervous giggles.

“Ooooh my God. Oh my God. Oh my god,” she says, while their three children – Elizabeth, 3, Judah, 2 ½, and Rivers, 4 months – babble from the backseat of their GMC Yukon.

The family was traveling from Fisher‘s parents’ house in Cordova, a suburb east of Memphis, into the city. They had been driving for about 15 minutes, when Tony, a 29-year-old financial planner and church worship minister, noticed their unseemly visitor.

“Usually, snakes don’t freak me out that much, but I was clenching everything,” Rachel added. “It was really weird. I mean, didn’t know what the heck it was.”

The couple thinks the snake had crawled up into the engine compartment the night before and then emerged once it got too hot.

Jalopnik identifies the creepy crawler as a rat snake, not a poisonous water moccasin as Tony originally says.

Comments (183)

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  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:49pm

    (hah) “Here’ssssssssssssssssss Johney!

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:55pm

      .
      My wife would have wrecked the damn car and killed all of us…………….

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:01am

      This is just a set-up for “Worlds Most Funniest Videos”. Any normal person would have pulled over and waited for the snake to “disembark”. Nice try ID 10 T’s. I sense a PEBKAC in your family.

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    • ecurbyy
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:17am

      You just gotta love Memphis.

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    • trog58
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:42am

      Hey, Americanstrega.
      When you said “You gotta get ride of the sucker” below…Have you REALLY got that developed a sense of humor? THAT WAS FUNNY!!!

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:16am

      @The-Monk
      Have you thought of the possibilty that they might have been afraid to stop because that might have given the snake a chance to find a way inside? Not that it would have happened in these newer cars but I’ve seen some older ones that they could have done that. Also, while very unlikely, maybe they should have made sure that the snake wasn’t traveling with family also. Either that or they have a bigger creature than a snake in the vehicle and the snake was it‘s pet and snake was just meaning to stick it’s head out in the wind like dogs do.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:28am

      Now that guy was a real ….well it rhymes with *****…
      Grow a set man.

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    • deac0n
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 5:37am

      poor snake

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    • chazman
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 6:24am

      … Snakes on a Car … not as exciting as Snakes on a Plane, but that’s life!

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 7:27am

      OMG, there is NO WAY I would have been able to keep on driving like she did. I would have been absolutely paralyzed with fear. Thank goodness my husband does all the driving when we go out.

      And the only good snake is the one that comes in the form of a nice handbag or a pair of shoes. :)

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    • 4EverHis
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 7:43am

      First of all, the husband thought it was a Water Moccasin that is a dangerously venomous snake! Whether is was or not, whats important is the husband thought it was dangerous! At one point, if you listen, the husband says “keep going…he cant get in the car can he?“ and the wife replies ”I dont know?”. So its obvious, they were convinced it was a venomous snake, and if they pulled over, then what! Their supposed to sit there and wait to see if the snake just slithers off on its own, or take a chance that the snake will try to find a way into the car! Their not snake wranglers for goodness sake! I do feel badly for the snake, but if I was convinced it was a dangerous snake, and it was a choice between my family or the snake, the snake will loose! And for those who call them “stupid” for not knowing what kind of snake it was, 99% of the folks in this country cant identify specific snakes…GEEEZZ!

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 7:56am

      Turning the wipers on would have went along way if an effort to remove the snake.

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    • redbone007
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:27am

      Why did they just pull over so the snake could get off the car. Instead, they kept driving and video while the kids yelling in the back. The father said the kids were yelling because he will not video their reaction to the snake. The father and mother put thier family and other on the road in danger. This family wanted to get on TV and they won at the cost of putting other in danager.

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    • LetUsReason
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:16am

      Whenever there’s a snake involved, the typical reaction is either “Water Mocassin” or “Gardener Snake” (I realize they’re called garter snakes). “It’s poisonous! Let’s kill it!” This guy looks like a Chinese ratsnake. This was an escaped pet that crept its way into the hood of the car to hunt rodents in the darkness.

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    • mils
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:30pm

      you offer so many opinions of what you would do,…what they should have done..blabhballskdfk….you don’t know what you would have done until it happens to you…

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    • joshbpool
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:55pm

      @servant of YHVH

      NO those people were just idiots. Anybody with any common sense and decency would have pulled over and let the snake slither off. Instead of calling for it DEATH! *sigh* I dislike people

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    • 101
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:31pm

      Karma will come back to bite them!

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    • XenAnarcoCap
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:36pm

      Awwwww, I think hes cute~ But really people need to learn basic snake IDs. Though I can see where these people might think cottonmouth, if you learn the basic signs of venomous snakes people wont freak out as much (and maybe my town could take care of its rat problem) But really- in the northern Americas you don’t really have to fear snakes. The most dangerous are the rattlers and coastal snakes and they rarely bite without you knowing about them before you get close. Ive been bitten by copperheads, pygmy rattlesnakes and a timber rattlesnake once. It really isnt as bad as you think, unless you have an allergic reaction.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:01pm

      Wow, Liberals are fulfilling yet another promise: Social Justice & Equality for the masses. They have their own pet snakes in congress & the oval…. Now they’re giving the rest of us one.

      And for all those folks who called me crazy when I swore snakes could climb in your car: Told You So!! : P

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:08pm

      Apparently Turtle Wax doesn’t work with snakes.

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    • john1417
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:24pm

      @XenAnarcoCap
      (people need to learn basic snake IDs).
      Come on now most people don’t even take the time to learn the basic funtion of GOV. And you think they will take time to learn the basic snake IDs. LOL

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    • Dale
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:55pm

      I wonder if Tenn fish and game will visit them? Easy $500.00.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:06pm

      I have learned to ID snakes…..All snakes are cobras and should therefore be killed immediately.
      I know, I know….all the snake lovers will say I’m wrong. Don’t care. And I don’t believe the saying “They are more afraid of you than you are of them”. In my case, No, no they’re not.

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    • addie
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:53pm

      It’s a Diamondback Water Snake and not venomous. That said, I would have done exactly what she did and keep driving. Slamming on your breaks or pulling off the side of a highway can be FAR MORE dangerous then just letting a snake die. Sorry folks but you can take your “animals are better than humans” liberal rants elsewhere. A Snake versus your family’s safety is a no brainer!

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    • Kat Lady
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:33pm

      The driver put her family in danger by continuing to drive in a distracted manner not to mention the total lack of compassion for a snake by not pulling over and allowing the snake to get off the car. I would have pulled over and called 911 asking for an animal control officer to pick up the snake and make sure it was safe. I was disgusted by this video.

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    • Kat Lady
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 5:40pm

      The driver put her family in danger from distracted driving not to mention showing a gross lack of compassion for a snake by continuing to drive rather than pull over to allow the snake to get off the car. I would have pulled off the road and called 911 to send an animal control officer to pick up the snake and make sure the snake was safe from traffic. I’ve pulled over to help a spider off my windshield!

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    • Libertyluvnmomma
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:43am

      Honey, the snake is on the OUTSIDE of the vehicle.
      I don’t think it is going to apparate ( harry Potter term) onto your lap.

      spankdamonkey- you might need a sensible wife.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:35pm

      .
      A. Roll up windows. (I hope it wasn’t a convertible if so, go directly to D.)

      B. Turn on wipers.

      C. Jam on brakes.

      D. Crash car.

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  • LOLReally
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:48pm

    If its clear-Hard brake hard gas problem solved.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:40pm

      I kept thinking what if someone pushes the wrong button and opens the drivers window? It would have been just my luck to open the darn window because I can never remember if you push or pull lever to open my window. Just don’t like snakes, yikes, scary video.

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  • supertas
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:29pm

    Where’s Samuel L Jackson when you need him?

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  • GdHUs
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:25pm

    It’s raining. Turn on the windshield vipers!

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  • Master_and_Commander
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:25pm

    GOOD LORD PEOPLE, there are other stories out there about politics. This just a story about a snake on a windshield, and yet some of you are railing against the Left and Obama! Listen I’m not defending them at all, I hate em too, so don’t go railing on me. But SERIOUSLY, take the government bashing somewhere else…

    No wonder the Libs accuse this website of being full of crazy right wing bias, these comments will only reinforce their opinions

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    • nocomment
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:26am

      IT‘S OBAMA’S FAULT

      (I couldn’t help it)

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    • Restored One
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:22am

      Master, I totally agree, I think that the left bloggos just wait for stupid people to make comments on stupid storeies like this. Just remeber that Glenn hired an Ex Huff Po to run this sight.

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    • TrueGrit
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 5:53am

      You can not be serious.
      I monitor here and HP… and HP liberal progressives are the most vile,
      foul people in the world of communications.
      The moderators, especially the super moderators, are in love with censorship.

      The hate speak is far greater than here. And rarely is there any humor.
      Want hate… mention Beck, Palin or Bachman and sit back and watch the comments
      roll in like sewer water.

      Besides, HP writes only what HP deems fit for the liberals to understand or support.

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    • Steel Awesome
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 7:30am

      Well, we do have a snake oil salesman in the White House, so there’s your connection to politics.

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    • babylonvi
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:02pm

      It’s Bushes fault.

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  • subsailor
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:24pm

    Well, since no one here seems to want to state the obvious……Oh! Look!!! A windshield Viper!!!!!

    Sorry bout that.

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  • busterpuddles
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:22pm

    Roll down the window just a bit, let it stick its head through, roll up the window. By the time you get home, you’ve got dinner and a new pair of boots.

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  • Cherynn
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:15pm

    I hope the DOJ doesnt see this video. You need special permits and licenses to drive around with a snake on your vehicle. Peta will of course be mad and I bet thier house gets picketed by the Mothers Against Driving with Snakes. I see nothing but trouble here.

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    • DragonflyJune
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 6:19am

      Hahahahahaha

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    • teresa2010
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:35am

      PETA will be taking these people to court

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    • MBA
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:47am

      Cherynn, you forgot the $535 fine for violating some liberal law that does nothing to improve the life of the snake but inhibits free enterprise.

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  • LibertyMama
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:08pm

    You only have to look at the size and shape of its head to know its non-poisonous.

    Could have been a king snake – and they eat the poisonous snakes. Even a rat snake eats bugs and vermin. Don’t kill it just because its creepy looking. The none-poisonous ones are good to have around.

    I used to have quite a few copperheads on my little 1/4 acre. One good-sized king snake took care of the problem. Haven’t seen a poisonous snake in years (knock on wood) even though 1/2 of the land is covered in weeds and woods.

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    • PossumRoadkill
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:07pm

      You are one of the few rational comments on this story. Why didn’t these stupid people just pull over and let the snake crawl off the car and into whatever is at the side of the road. Why let it fall off at 65 mph and die? Selfish and stupid suburbanites.

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    • addie
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:04pm

      It’s a Diamondback water snake and not venomous. But I still wouldn’t have stopped either no more than I would swerve to avoid a snake on the road. Swerving or pulling over on a highway makes for a dangerous situation. The only animals I will swerve for are dogs, cats and deer. I put my safety before the other animals.

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  • Cat
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:05pm

    Great news kids!
    Forget McDonalds!
    We’re having nutritional, serpent!

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  • standuppeople
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:00pm

    Why didn’t they simply pull over when it was safe and let the snake get off the car? There was no need for it to suffer like that. It wasn’t a threat to them or anyone else. Maybe they were just shocked and would do things differently if they had time to think.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:44pm

      Are you kidding me? We had a four foot black snake in our basement. My first thought was, “Dang, Denise, a lady down the road, had one in her bed last summer and just about died of fright. This sucker ain’t gonna end up in MY bed tonight.” So we got a shovel and a hoe. My husband cracked it across the head. We picked it up with said shovel and hoe, and tossed the sucker outside. I don’t care if the snake was confused or in the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time, IT’S A SNAKE! Kill it before it breeds! They, snakes, can live ’til their hearts content, OUTSIDE! Once they get in the house, or car, whatever the case may be, You gotta get ride of the sucker.

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    • discipleall
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:08am

      I agree , they should hve pulled over and let the snake go. They were stupid people.

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:31am

      Strega, you wimp. LOL

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    • teresa2010
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:37am

      They wouldn’t have gotten the video if they had stopped…You stupid people on this site

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  • Steel Awesome
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:59pm

    Good thing for the snake that the car wasn’t a Chevy Volt.

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  • 51bmustang
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:56pm

    Kill the SOB

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:03pm

      Jesus the blaze is really desperate to reprint this trash
      it wasn’t good the first times I heard about it

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:53pm

    If the had turned on the wipers, they have flipped a snake rather than a bird.

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  • DoctorElwinRansom
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:49pm

    That toddler is going to have some interesting dreams!

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  • Shiroi Raion
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:47pm

    I would have pulled over and saved it. I’m not afraid of snakes. I have a 27 year old boa constrictor.
    If they weren’t such wimps, they could have pulled over, grabbed the tail and threw it to the side. It’s venomous, but moccasins are slow compared to boas, and I know how to handle snakes after 27 years of practice. :-)
    I prefer saving even the lives of animals, LOL and I’m not even a Liberal.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:46pm

      Well Goody, Goody for YOU!

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    • addie
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:14pm

      It’s a Diamondback water snake, not a cottonmouth.

      Pulling over off to the side of a highway with your family in the car is not very safe. Let the snake die, plenty more where that came from!

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  • TumbleBumble
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:45pm

    I’m not a fan of snakes, yet I felt sorry for it for falling off onto the highway. Why couldn’t they pull off somewhere to let it slide off in safety?

    Am I being too soft? : /

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    • discipleall
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:11am

      Your not being soft. They were not logical and stupid for not pulling over to save the snake from a cruel death.

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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:29am

      No. You are being kind, saving “the smallest of creatures.”
      ~…as you do unto them, you do unto me…

      Golly Gee, I even save earthworms.

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    • addie
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:10pm

      If you are on a highway with your family going 65 mph with cars around you and a snake crossed the road in front of you…would you swerve to avoid it and take a chance on losing control and causing an accident at 65 mph or would you just drive over it? Same situation here. Why take a chance of pulling to the side of a highway and endangering your family for a snake? Most highway accidents are from people on the side of the road and rubberneckers causing accidents or people not seeing the car pulled over and plowing right into them.

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  • supertas
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:44pm

    Clenching everything? I think she just came up with the next booty tightening regimen. Can’t wait for the infomercial.

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:59pm

      Am I the only one that thinks this may be a dangerous thing for this woman to be doing? You know she was paying more attention to the snake than she was to the cars and the road…. She had those children in the car and I think the best thing would have been to have stopped the car and then deal with the snake. The snake wasn’t dangerous but her driving was……….. People amaze me, The safety of the children would have been my first concern.

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  • Ron_WA
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:43pm

    StuDpid. Again in case U thought it a typo – stuDpid (sarcasm for people who think every aspect of their life is w/out random events or errors).

    Nature, God & the universe are out there.

    If you live in the land of mosquitoes then no matter how many precautions you take, be prepared to get bit from time to time …

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  • Captain Crunch
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:43pm

    Obama slithered out of his hole.

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    • woodyl1011fl
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:20am

      Yeah, democrats are found slithering are everywhere at least those people were protected. Just saw some slitherers in pictures from congress and WH where we are not protected and they are toxic to all of us!

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  • Jas0n
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:42pm

    Poor snake.

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    • vtxphantom
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:50pm

      Didn’t someone try to speak parseltongue to the poor critter?

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    • Quagaar Warrior
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:52pm

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      No kiddin’. I saved a 23 inch boa last fall from the highway. We kept it in a glass terrarium for 3 days. This non- venomous snake ended up giving birth to 5 babies before we released her in the backyard. They keep the mouse and rat populations down which is a very good thing. Snakes are a great creation!!!
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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:36am

      @ Quagaar Warrior….Fantastic you saved that boa…and babies!
      Brave! Hero!
      That sounds like the spirit we need to save our country…TEA!

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  • Stopit
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:42pm

    Snakes!

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  • denofcubs
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:41pm

    thanks goodness the windows were closed,,,,,

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:40pm

    If you listen real close you can hear the snake saying “Call the White House and tell them I’m okay…just wanted one last fling before the big 5-0″

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  • Quagaar Warrior
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:38pm

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    Snakes are not ,“Poisonous”, they’re, “Venomous”.
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    • godhatesacoward
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:52pm

      And therfore they are poisonous to us mortals, Quagaar.

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    • Quagaar Warrior
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:54am

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      Their venom is poisonous to us mortals, not the snakes, Godhates…
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    • Utahcatholic
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:21am

      Internet “knowitalls” …………………….. venomous?……….or are they poisonous?

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