YIKES!

Dana633 · July 2014

Make sure to check children's outdoor toys before letting them play...scary!

missnacholover · July 2014

*runs away screaming*

abbyful · July 2014

Oh! What kind of snake is that?

wildflower75 · July 2014

HOLY HELL!
That is scary!!
Not to make light of it but it did make me think of

https://knowmybody.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/snakes-on-plane-1.jpg

Dana633 · July 2014

I'm not sure, looks poisonous...but I'm hoping it's a dead one! A friend sent me this picture.

xiaopeapod · July 2014

Thanks for the tip! Scary thought.

mexinugget · July 2014

Beautiful snake, i used to have boas and pythons, but scary that it could be poisonous and in your kids toys.

brooklyngirl18 · July 2014

oh helllllll no! im terrified of snakes

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absolutelymaybe · July 2014

Omg! I may have just EEEEKED! a little at my desk.

AliDagg · July 2014

Oh wow...i am terrified of snakes!

JamieK1882 · July 2014

Omg I just got chills. Ew no!

Dana633 · July 2014

@ClrkKntismyAE I was thinking the same thing but I'm not sure. There are lots of cottonmouth's were I live...ewe!

Jpinky9 · July 2014

Omg, that is super scary!!!!!

Kristil2014 · July 2014

I would run away screaming!

MollMoll4 · July 2014

abbyful · July 2014

I guess I'm in the minority, I like snakes as long as I know they aren't poisonous. When I was little, my parents had to have a rule that I could only catch snakes with lines running down their back (i.e. garter snakes). And my nephew has pet ball pythons that are awesome, my sister wore one around her neck as part of her Halloween costume a couple years ago (she was Eve), freaked people out when they realized it was a real snake.

NunyaBennis · July 2014

Dana633 said:
@ClrkKntismyAE I was thinking the same thing but I'm not sure. There are lots of cottonmouth's were I live...ewe!

I'm a little late to this, forgive me for not opening the "YIKES!" thread sooner :P
Copperhead snakes have a blunt tail without much color variation from their body (unless juvenile; their tails are yellow). Patterns are also more like an hourglass than the wider bands pictured. So, I vote corn snake (but I'm not an expert either). Fun fact: when startled or cornered, they'll do their best impression of a rattler, coiling up & shaking their slightly-lighter-in-color tail.
Poisonous or not, though, I see how this would be a startling sight to behold!

NunyaBennis · July 2014

abbyful said:
I guess I'm in the minority, I like snakes as long as I know they aren't poisonous. When I was little, my parents had to have a rule that I could only catch snakes with lines running down their back (i.e. garter snakes). And my nephew has pet ball pythons that are awesome, my sister wore one around her neck as part of her Halloween costume a couple years ago (she was Eve), freaked people out when they realized it was a real snake.

Absolutely! My husband is in the "the only good snake is a dead snake" camp, but I've been working hard to change that! The best argument I can give sometimes is "they eat spiders" which may not be fair (he's known to suffer from arachnaphobia)... but it works.

Kristy774 · July 2014

A neighbor just found a copperhead in her child's play house in her back yard! Freaking out!

Bandia12 · July 2014

Banding makes me say it's a corn snake. Regardless, of course it's a good idea to check your kids outdoor toys. I'd be more concerned about a black widow or something planting its self on one than a snake.

Eta: Just because I see the spiders happening way more frequently.

creativesoul83 · July 2014

cotton mouths are also known as water moccasins not copper heads. I have had close and unfortunate encounters with those.

It does resemble corn snake.

regardless I would prefer no random snakes coming around.

Cari785 · July 2014

I had this problem at our first place not with kids toys just with pets in backyard... There are ways to handle them either call someone or take care of it yourself.

Djtickles · July 2014

:-SS [-X X_X yoza!

mommymeg143 · July 2014

I seriously just jumped out of my bed and shook the covers when I saw that picture. Don't ask me why I thought the snake got into my bed, but ahhhhhh!!