North Texas family may flee ranch after venomous copperhead snake invasion

[TexasTowelie]

A Weatherford family is considering fleeing their ranch due to the throngs of venomous copperhead snakes that have seemingly taken over the place.

James and Vicki Barnett have killed around 100 snakes at their North Texas home since last year, including 30 snakes last weekend alone, according to NBCDFW.

But even then, they told that station that more snakes roam the property at night.

"If one got in the house or in the cars, I would have to move," Vicki Barnett told the station. "I really would."

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/local/texas/article/North-Texas-family-invaded-by-poisonous-6403512.php

[TreasonousBastard]

1. That's scary, but then when you click around...

in that story, you find out about the teen who died when his pet cobra bit him. The snake is still missing around the parking lot somewhere.

And then the picture of the rock squirrel eating a snake...

[TexasTowelie]

2. No, they found the cobra near the parking lot and it was dead.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/107827263

What has developed as a story is that the teenager voluntarily let the snake bite him since he wanted to commit suicide. I did not post on that story since I feel it is hurtful to make those allegations. FWIW, the father of the teenager was a high school classmate in Temple of a girl I knew from college.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Small world...

sometimes it seems like it's too small.

[msongs]

4. those are big snakes, must be plenty to eat. maybe because all the rain leads to more mice? nt

[DhhD]

5. Other invasions are occurring too.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/07/23/massive-swarm-of-beetles-and-grasshoppers-hijacks-oklahoma-radar/

[Paladin]

6. I had no idea copperheads ranged that far north and west in the state.

Back during the years we lived in the East Texas piney woods, we came across lots of them. And when a copperhead situates itself on the ground, in the midst of a bunch of orange-brown dead pine needles, they are invisible. Lots of snake bites at the local hospital.....

[meathead]

7. Meh

On my dad's small farm in NW Arkansas he'll hit that many copperheads mowing the 2 acres right around his house and barn. They just need a 12 year old with a .22 and they'd have the problem under control in a couple weekends. Texans used to be made sterner stuff

[LeftOfWest]

8. What?

[Javaman]

9. thems good eatin!

snake jerky.

[jmowreader]

10. Imagine the realtor's disclosure when they finally sell

"Property infested with copperheads."