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Snakes in the UpState

tugalooriver® · 2025-06-12T19:05:42.835Z

I control about 2 acres in the UpState backed to a lake. I don't have a lawn, my yard is more natural, some might mistakenly say "snakey". I have snakes (as do we all), seldom see one. I know they are about and doing their thing. Most tend to be nocturnal. I have copperheads and rattle snakes, as do we all. Don't put your hand or foot in an area you can't see, and all will be fine. 25 years back when I moved here to this lake, Water Moccasins were on my mind. I grew up near Wateree where they are numerous. They are nasty critters. They don't occur above the 'Fall Line". Not sure I would rule out one crossing it, but have never seen one here. The "Fall Line" is an interesting thing to read as to. Lake Hartwell has numerous HUGE water snakes which are not poisonous. Most snakes seen around the lake will be those, but all snakes are decent swimmers. Being bitten by a "non" poisonous snake will hurt like #### and ruin your week. All snakes (and most critters) bite. https://scparc.org/snakes-of-south-carolina/

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Jun 12, 2025, 5:51 PM

Thanks dude. I think we can be friends too. I think people who lean left or right can still be friends with each other. I honestly don’t care if people on here are democrats or republicans. If you are nice and respectful to me then I will be the same to you.

I even used to have a friend who was a muslim. You wouldn’t think we would be friends either. Because im a queer person and hes a religious person who thinks being gay is a sin. But we made it work. I never tried to force my beliefs on him and he never tried to force his beliefs on me either. We respected each other. We did grow apart though but that was just because he lived in another country and we just lost contact with each other.

Now on to the “coot” situation. I am a diehard Clemson fan. I hate the coots. Now I unfortunately can’t say I was ever a student at Clemson because I never went to college but my dad was a grad student there. He was the one that got me into Clemson sports back when I was 8 years old. (That’s what my username means btw, I was 8 in 2008.) Since then I’ve become a diehard Clemson fan.

There is one person on here though who thinks I am a “coot”. You want to know why??? Because I made a post on here about a month ago talking about how the ACC was doing bad in the softball tournament and how I wished that our conference had done bettor in this year’s tournament. He said that only “coots” cheered for other teams. When I tried to explain that he was wrong, he just said something along the lines of “Oh you’re denying it. That just confirms you’re a coot. The more you deny the more your feathers are showing.” I only made 1 or 2 comments denying that I was a coot btw but he still refuses to believe me.

He now every once in awhile comments on some of my posts always calling me a “coot”. It’s gotten to the point that every time he does that I just have to let out a chuckle. It amazes me how delusional he is.

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I recently had to move to Florida for work. Talk about alot of snakes! Like many of the people that have replied I am not afraid of snakes and never kill them just because they are there or I am afraid of being bit. Since being here for 2 years I know that I have at least a dozen black snakes living in my 1/3 acre fully mowed and landscaped yard. I see them daily. Even though my pool is screened I have had a pigmy rattle snake in my pool skimmer one day...it was not at all happy to be there. there is a black snake that live in the enclosuse full time, but he does not hurt anything so I let him/her stay. In the sping it is not uncommon to see them warming on my front side walk either.

My note about snakes is don't leave bags of potting soil, peatmoss, or unused mulch sitting open (even in your garage or shed. They love to get in these to nest or winter. Black snakes don't present a problem, but rattle snakes like these spots also. They also love to get underneath scraps of plywood left lying on the ground. Water mocassins and rattle snakes in particular. Pick this stuff up...when you do, lift it so the edge of the plywood touching the ground is at your feet. I had a guy in my church get bit by a water moccasin when he was cleaning up his yard and lifted at 24" wide piece of plywood up the opposite way and got nailed. Another guy here in the community got bit when one had gotten up on top of his door and it fell on him and bit him when he went outside.

Just sayin' SC has nothing on the population of snakes here. Fortunately the pythons have yet to get this far north, but they are getting closer every year.

Snakes in the UpState

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if you got water

I have seen them in Inman.***

Water mocassins in Inman? Are you sure tey are not water snakes? I ave never

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My grandfather was well known as the "Mayor of Sugar ###"***

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Grew up in the sticks of York County and

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Maybe not now but

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Re: Water mocassins in Inman? Are you sure tey are not water snakes? I ave never

Re: I have seen them in Inman.***

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Dude you sound like a true redneck