I work in the meat department of a grocery store. Today, one of the employees came rushing through my dept, and exclaimed "There's a snake!", I said, "Where?" ... I was finally able to get out of her that it was in the stock room in some soft drink crates. I went back to be told by a soft drink rep that he thought it was a copperhead, and they couldn't find it. I started moving some of the crates around (very carefully with my foot), and finally the guy saw it and pointed it out to me. As soon as I saw it, I reached down and grabbed it, only to be bitten about 4 or 5 times. The guy asked "What kind is it?", and I resisted the urge to tell him that it was a "copper mouthed rattle moccasin", and told the truth that it was a baby black rat snake! I snatched up a deli cup from my dept, and stuck the snake in it, brought him home at lunch and set him up in a plastic tub with a fuzzy mouse, which he gladly accepted. Don't know yet whether we'll keep him, or just give him a few meals and release him.

Pics later!

Steve