A weird one

[kostendorf]

Now here is a snake to fear in Missouri.
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[kostendorf]

He shrank up drying the skin but still looks pretty impressive on my trophy wall.
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[titleist1]

Originally Posted by bocephus1991

That's an eastern hog nosed snake aka a spreadhead. It rises up like a cobra and flattens it head like a cobra. Look it up on Missouri conservation website. I saw one several years ago spooky looking dam thing!

If it is a hognose snake it will roll over and play dead if it feels threatened. It will also emit a dead smell.

If it doesnt do that then maybe you want to do a little more research to identify it more precisely before getting too close!!

[green 4 acres]

I see what you mean about the eastern hog snake ..yikes
but really not what it looked like .
this snake was thinner maybe a juvenile but some where aroud 6'
It stood up 13-15" and so easily and moves quickly easily ,like in a straight line .
I think my clorine got it away from me .
One king cobra pic looked kind of close and some are tan
I thought i read where only they have green /blue reflective eyes .

one other reason i think it may be a dangerous snake or snakes
Ah ..the Bros down the street deal in illegal drugs
many use a vacant house -of which there are many to stash the drugs
and because they have loads of cash but cannot spend it freely they tend to buy $$$$ exotic animals ,some of them designed to protect the drugs

There was a 155 lbs black panther loose 2 miles away in 04 ? it was shot after it ate a guys peacock
I had a big cat prowling my place in 2000

I CCw a 9mm but not sure i could hit a snake from 15 ft esp. with my hand shaking

[bocephus1991]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

All snakes are the same. They should all be fed to mongooses. Or fed led pellets from the end of a .410.

Or a 12ga 00 buckshot

[green 4 acres]

Originally Posted by bocephus1991

Or a 12ga 00 buckshot

I guess ,but if you would miss I think it might go like this:

All units ..All units ...be advised man armed with shotgun firing in backyard
maintain perimeter only... command ,swat and air 1 enroute

[Stratmoore Farms]

Originally Posted by green 4 acres

I guess ,but if you would miss I think it might go like this:

All units ..All units ...be advised man armed with shotgun firing in backyard
maintain perimeter only... command ,swat and air 1 enroute

Not where I live.

[green 4 acres]

Did you see the albino cobra loose in thousand oaks Cal about a week after my post .....odd
for the last 4 days animal control has been spending a lot of time circling the block ,they usually spend only 15 min looking for a dog .

[PaulS]

Hog nose snakes used to be fairly common around here. I have seen a few but about the biggest one was only about 2 feet long. Yes they will raise up and flatten their head/neck like a cobra. They will often hiss when they do that. If that fails to make you move they will fall over, roll on their back and play dead. Funny thing though if you flip them over on their stomach they will flip right back over on their back. They are non poisonous and of those I have been close to I could not entice them to strike at all. If your snake is as long as you say it is definately not a hog nose. Around here the hog nose is known as a blowing adder or puffing adder.