SURPRISE!!!!!

General General Discussion
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So I come into the shop on Sunday to do paperwork and as I turn the light on and set the keys down on the counter, I am SHOCKED to see this sitting on my AR!!!

Now I do not consider myself “afraid” of snakes, but this one REALLY got my attention!

The 10,000 dollar question is:

  1. How did he get into the shop?
  2. How did he get on top of the glass display case?

I am fairly certain I know why he picked this AR. It was a cool day and this gun sits in the sunlight. The rail was most likely nice and warm and so he curled himself right up on it!

When I found him, I think he was asleep as he really did not move. So I grabbed the camera snapped a few pics. I then went and got a stick and pulled him off the rail and put him down in the field.

C4

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No worries non venomous as you did not mention it bit you. Pretty good lookin fella with his eye on more than your cash register !
Could be a mole from TOS …

Michael

BTW snakes dont sleep they dont have eyelids but do get cold.

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  1. Thanks for not being a girl about it and screaming like a fairy and have your wife kill it.

  2. Those guys can get into most any place they want.

  3. They can climb trees, the scales on their belly are very “grippy”.

Is there a small gap between the door and the floor? Have you guys noticed evidence of mice in the shop?

Cool pics!

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Wow! I don’t mind admitting, I have a phobia of snakes. That is a classic nightmare scenario for me. How in the world did that thing get in that situation?

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Them things get in the darnedest places! I ain’t afraid of snakes either as long as I see them before they see me.:stuck_out_tongue:

My wife thought the world had ended one night when she heard me scream like a little girl and then heard gunshots from the barn.

7 foot rattler crawled beneath my legs. He definitely saw me first.:stuck_out_tongue:

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Ya, I looked for the pits and did not see any, so thought he was ok to pick up.

We get copperheads around here so that was my first concern (after I came un-glued from the ceiling).

Sleep is the wrong term. “Resting” is a better fit.

C4

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Interesting friend you got there Grant. Either the snake is pro firearms and he really admires your recent build :wink: , or a hint from the “administration” that they will all be gone soon…:frowning:

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I think me might have wedged himself between the door and the floor.

On thing is certain, he has good taste in AR’s!

C4

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Badass!!!

I wish snakes spontaniously appeared on my ar(the non-poisonus ones of course).

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Uh, becareful what you wish for! :wink:

C4

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Looks like you have a new pet!

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He is in love with that awesome smoke stick you got there :smiley:

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But not as we know it … I used to have a Python, it was a male. I know one of the herpatologists from the St Louis Zoo and she sexed him for me. I had him for 8 years and he got to be about 6+ foot long. Until the day I gave him to my herpatologist friend it was a GUT CHECK just to handle him. Even when you own one as a pet they are still creepy.

Michael

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As long as their non-poisonus I don’t mind. Snakes are awesome

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Everybody else just wants a weapons light…:smiley:

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HAHAHA awesome. :smiley:

You should have left him there and sold him to the next guy that came in as the new Magpul Snake-1 AR accessory.

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Be careful when picking them up, they’re liable to urinate and snake piss can ruin your clothes and your day.

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How about some "snakeskin’ rail covers!!! :smiley:

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Grant proudly presents the G&R Tactical: “battle of the shop critters.”

Round 1: Giant praying mantis v. Tiny snake.

What happened to that thing? Didn’t try to eat one of your kids did it?

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I think Bushmaster is getting a little carried away with their logo.:smiley: Or you pissed them off and it’s a hint, enough with the “day in the life of a BM dealer” threads.