I was watching this unfold yesterday on the news once I was alerted to it. Apparently they even had helicopter news coverage of the people trying to find the snake! Meanwhile those of us who know what a black ratsnake looks like, and could tell that's what it was from the original photo, sat back and watched . . and hoped some ill-informed person didn't find and kill the poor snake who was just trying to enjoy some sunshine.
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/c...s/202104080150