Snakes

Just wanted to take a moment and alert everyone to the possibility of these in your yard. In the last two days here in southern Missouri I have found 4 of them in my front yard. Granted I live in the country on 13 acres this is not normal, I have found one or two in my yard in years past but tonight I thought I was in trouble. Last night there was one big one crawling under a hole in my side walk, I attempted to pull him out but he pulled away. Tonight thinking he needed to go I went to the front porch with the intent to remove him since I have a 6 year old running around the yard. Instead of finding him I found three others theat were doing some kind of snake dance never seen anything like it and I've been in the woods and on the water alot. Now this next sentence may sound a little strange but it happened. These snakes once a flashlight was put on them started towards us and they were fast and made a semi circle around me causing me to retreat to the porch for a moment. One of the snakes came completely up on the side walk, all were disposed of properly and relocated. So if your out and about day or night keep an eye out especially right at dark.