Snakes! I despise both snakes and spiders, but spiders are easier to kill. I've killed countless spiders, but only two snakes in my life. One snake I killed by running him over with my vehicle on the road, the other I killed with a shovel.
Normally if I see a snake, I head the other way, but the one with the shovel was different. I was working a cruddy plumbing job and was in a small, contained area, 6X8 feet I'd say. I was moving some busted bricks out of the way with the shovel and a small(about 6 inches) copperhead popped out. Being in the confined area, I immediately decided to attack rather than turn my back and struck a mighty blow with the shovel!!! He dodged it....which terrified me. The second blow got him, then I hacked him in half and walked away until I no longer felt like I was about to have a heart attack.
"I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself."
