When I was in the Army they told us there were something like 28 variety of snakes in Southeast Asia and 26 of them were poisonous...so I have never taken a chance and I hate snakes. On the 1st of May I had just set up camp in Westmoreland State Park in eastern VA and was sitting under the awning enjoying a cold beverage and a cigar. Had my feet propped up on another lawn chair and I sensed motion where my feet would have been. It was a black snake headed across my rug right under my chair. I have to admit I screamed like a girl and nearly wet myself. Of course he must have been at LEAST 20 feet long and big enough to swallow me whole. Scared the heck out of me.