BenL
John Galt Speaking.
You guys are way, WAY too afraid of snakes.... Step aside, let 'em go by, and they'll be gone in a few minutes. They know they can't eat you, so the only options they have are fight or flight. Given the choice, they'll always take "flight", unless you don't let them.
+1
You leave them alone, they'll leave you alone.
I've never understood people that shoot snakes- they eat rodents; that's a good thing. It's like people who shoot bats because they're "scary"... unfortunately, they also eat their body weight in mosquitoes every night. That means dead bat = more mosquitoes.