snake!! crikey!!

yesterday, jonathan, his dad and his uncle matt were using the stump grinder on a few stumps of trees they recently cut down. they were first trying to dig one of the stumps out that was rotting and was coming apart quite nicely. there was a little cavity in the stump. they were a little startled when they saw something slithering around in there. it was a snake with an egg living in this old rotted stump!! they called for me to look up what kind of snake it was. i was typing furiously to figure it out so they could quickly dispose of it if it was poisonous. it was a king snake. black and yellow striped. no biggie. but it was cause for a few minutes of frantic excitement/fear!!