Starting off an early morning walk on the weekend with this sign

My cat brought a garden snake to me once. I yelled for my husband to get it and let it go.

Oh, yes... I grew up on a farm in the Ozark Mountains. There are snakes all the time. Most are non-venomous but several species do have venom that can affect or kill a human. We also had to watch for snakes when we were swimming in streams, rivers or lakes here. My brothers and I were told to watch where we step and stay away from snakes... Sometimes you can't see them in the grass here or in the pastures... That's always fun!

Yes, a few but not generally close

At most of the rest stops in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Eastern Washington, there are signs warning of rattlesnakes in the vicinity and to stay on the path. But there isn't an abundance of deadly rattlers, they just want people to stay on the paths. I was told this same story at rest stops in each of the states that I mentioned. I grew up in a place with all kinds of snakes but very few that would be considered deadly. There were venomous varieties but they weren't capable of killing you. Unless thirty of them all attacked at once. I would pay attention to that sign if I ran across it.

I see garden snakes all the time. Had to chase one off some stuff I was moving a couple of days ago

Oh yes An encounter with a snake No I have never had encounter with a snake I have no wish to. Snakes would scare me

I'm always on the lookout for snakes in the bush but I'm not terrified of them.

Yes. Three times that I can remember. One was a copperhead (poisonous) in Dismal Swamp in Virginia, one was a black snake in the Florida Keys and one was a garter snake right by our house. They don't scare me. I've held snakes before...one was a huge python at an animal park. I held the heavy middle part of the snake; and the kids held the two ends.