[LonglineCharlie]

15 years ago I kept hearing people say that they had seen a big snake on our creek near the road bridge. I had back surgery in 95 and I was in absolute misery. I walked down to the bridge about 1/4 mile from my house on our farm one morning to try to get some relief. I was leaning on the bridge railing looking down at the water when out from under the bridge swam a Copperhead that was 4 feet long. I had never seen a Copper Head that long nor that large. It was at least 3 or 4 inches in diameter and was floating on top of the water like a balloon. It was beautiful two tones of copper and brown. Sure was scary to know that I had swam in that water many a times as a boy. I have no idea how long a Copper Head will live but I have not seen it since however this spring, I saw a baby one about 18-24 inches long swimming out from under the bridge and it swam right up to where I was sitting on my golf cart and crawled up out of the water and disappeared under the bank in the exact same spot I had seen that Huge one disappear. I do know there is at least one Copperhead still here or two maybe. I do not know if that big one is still alive but no one has mentioned seeing it for since 95. There are not supposed to be any Copperheads in this part of Indiana though. ha. I have never seen a snake float on top of the water like that one did though. No part of it was under the water. The smaller one I saw this spring was partially submerged though but I could easily see its pattern to tell it was a CopperHead though.
Charlie Glackman