SNAKES IN A TREE...THE TREE CUTTING CREW WORKERS WERE AS SHOCKED AS I WAS!

By JOHN CARRINGTON
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    DOCUMENTING THE REMOVAL OF A 50 YEAR OLD MAPLE ADORNING THE FRONT LAWN. THINGS GOT EXCITING!
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    LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE SNAKES APPEARED.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    A DEAD MAPLE TREE STANDS ON MY FRONT LAWN.
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    DEAD AND FALLING APART BRANCH BY BRANCH.
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    SEVERAL BRANCHES HAD FALLEN AND DAMAGED THE ROOF GUTTER.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    THE TREE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOWER BED.
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    STEP ONE IS TO ROPE THE BRANCHES TO CONTROL THEIR FALL TO THE GROUND.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    THE MOST AGILE WORKER CLIMBED AND CHAIN SAWED HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE OLD MAPLE.
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    PIECE BY PIECE IT HIT THE LAWN KILLING THE FLOWERS.
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    NOW IT GETS MORE EXCITING. AN OLDER WORKER STARTS CUTTING THE BRANCHES INTO SMALLER PIECES.
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    THE FINAL CUTS.
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    NOW IT GETS MORE EXCITING. AN OLDER WORKER STARTS CUTTING THE BRANCHES INTO SMALLER PIECES.
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    LOADING THE SMALLER PIECES.
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    SNAKES ON A PLANE? NO SNAKES IN A TREE!
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    SNAKES CRAWLING.
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    SNAKES BEING CARRIED INTO THE WOODS.
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    SNAKES THAT WERE LIVING IN THE UPPER BRANCHES OF A DEAD TREE!
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!
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    THIS IS THE HOLLOW/ ROTTED AREA THE SNAKES WERE LIVING IN.
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!
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    BACK TO WORK! CUT DOWN THE REST OF THE TREE!

WE WERE HAVING THE DEAD MAPLE TREE CUT DOWN. THE WORKER'S CHAIN SAW SUDDENLY WAS COVERED IN BLOOD. EASTERN BLACK RAT SNAKES WERE LIVING INSIDE THE HOLLOW BRANCHES. YIKES! SEE WHAT I SAW!

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