My dad, stepmom, brother, stepbrother, halfbrother, step grandparents an a bunch of people i still dont know go to the Smokies every year the first year we went 2007 we saw a 3.5 foot copperhead sittin there on a path they all said kill it So I calmly educated them on the snake and they all sorta got it so I ook my handy dandy snake hook and calmly moved the big gal ( I assume she was pregnant) Off the path and Placed her where no harm could be done to her!