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Went canoeing on the Shenandoah River and saw a wild bald eagle for the first time ever. it was mighty cool. At the same time, we were trying to canoe closer to the nest and we passed under a large dead branch to try to hold our canoe steady. I looked up and sunning itself on the branch was a small red rat snake (corn snake). I looked down trying to untangle my wife from the branch. A few seconds later I looked up and the snake was gone. Of course later when I picked up my bag in the canoe the snake was under it. My wife was screaming and carrying on, so I tossed it into the river. A minute later it came around the front of the canoe, so I scooped it up(I was standing on the riverbank at this point) and had her take a couple of pictures while holding it from the tail. It was pretty, and under two feet long.
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