http://www.gpnc.org/milksnake.htm - Could very well be this guy. Juvies are much brighter than adults and there is a huge amount of variation in the shades of color and pattern on these guys. Here are a couple that I've seen out in the field.

Hatchling from that spring:


An older one, and they LOVE to bite when they are this big!


What would really help is a location of where it was seen. Did the site say where they were herping at?