So much for Irish Spring and Dryer Sheets.....

[Tinker]

In florida we had black racers (very fast hence the name). We always left them alone. They like mice and rat nests. Up here we have garter snakes in the summer. I don't see as many anymore as I did as a kid.

Black racer snakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5V8lQngoE