The Black Rat Snake

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Years ago when my daughter moved to boonies of Ontario she became acquainted with an endangered species of snakes called the Black Rat Snake. In her first home she found sake skins in her attic after going up to find out why the noisy squirrels in the attic were so quite. The were gone, eaten by a large Black Rat Snake that climbed trees and found a way into her attic. Then with no more food he crawled down in the walls and landed up in her compost pail under the sink in her kitchen. She locked the doors under her sink and the snake eventually moved on and left the building. I was visiting while the cupboard under the sink was locked. It gave me the creeps. Sometimes I think my daughter was birthed by another mother. I am and have always been terrified of snakes. While in the car driving on the dirt roads near her house we often see a black Rat Snake sunning its self on the road. She gets our and shoos them off the road. They are an endangered species so she does what she thinks in the right thing to do. Even that gives me the creeps. The attached video she showed me and put it on YouTube so I could use it on social media. A group of friends were at the farm and burning brush getting ready for winter. The snake in this video slid by my daughter who videoed this with her cell phone. When I asked why it would come so close to humans her response because it was a cold day and the snake was lured by the heat. A warm and toasty snake that eventually got into the farm house and removed every mouse in there and then stuck around waiting for more... Just walking in the farm house gives me the creeps even today. They think he's moved on.