my brother was down in sw georgia this weekend and about lost his dog. he, his 2 girls and his dog were walking down to the pond and murray (the dog) ran ahead of my brother and went onto the dock. as he did, my brother looked up and saw something laying on the dock, right where his dog just ran past. my brother yelled at murray, who turned around and ran right past the object, what turned out to be a snake. when the dog got back on land, my brother grabbed a large log and tossed it on the snake, which was a large cotton mouth. he then went up to it and beat it to death with a metal pole. fortunately it was 45 degrees and the snake was very lethargic. the snake measured 4 feet 2 inches long.
