Sitting in living room when the phone rings. It's the girlfriend who was in the backyard. She says to come get this snake. I said it's just a rat snake, run it off. She says, but it has a pointed head and it is rattling its tail. So, I get up and go get it. About 4.5-5' long rat snake. Struck at the hoe once and then I was able to catch it, very docile once caught. Relocated to the woods. All snakes don't need to die.