Bobby- The snake wasn't in any thing. It was loose slithering around. I was just lucky to catch it in action. It didn't move to fast because it had just eaten a chick, but it sure seemed to move fast when I was trying to chop it with the shovel. After it was all said and done, two of the neighbors said that they heard me screaming...but no one came to see if I was OK. Some neighbors!!! It has killed 2 chickens that I found that were to big and he spit them out. This thing was huge. My cousin was there and took a picture of DH holding it. Its tail was almost on the ground and my husband is 6 feet plus!!! Then HB and cousin proceded to make fun of me when I was trying to see what chicken they had it by using an AXE! Needless to say the axe didn't work. YUCK! I am just so happy I got the BAST@#$.