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yeah i know how it is. why is it that whenever i tell someone i have snakes they instantly tell me about that one time they ran one over with the lawn mower, or chopped one up with a shovel. i know how aggrivating it is.
I have in-laws in South Dakota that do the same exact thing, Aaron! When I went out there to visit, the Grandma was delighted that I wasn't having any luck finding snakes around their place. She was stoked, and bragged that just a few years ago, you'd find garter snakes under just about everything in their backyard, but she's since chopped off all their heads with the shovel.

I told them how I like snakes, and own a couple of garter snakes.

"You should have seen Uncle Stupid last year, he seen this big ol snake crawling away, so he chased it down and grabbed it by the tail and started swinging it above his head like a rope!"

Yes, people suck.
I feel lucky they're only in-laws... and they're halfway across the country.