Elderly Woman Reportedly Battles 6-Foot-Long Snake After It Attacks Bird's Nest in Her Yard
At 89 years old, Garlene Eiceman enjoys watching the birds feed and flutter about in her Tallahassee, Florida, backyard.
But Eiceman grew concerned when she noticed that the population of birds congregating around her feeder began to decline.
While she initially thought perhaps her bird feed was the cause of the decline, Eiceman soon discovered the real culprit.
While glancing outside her window one day, Eiceman watched in shock as a snake emerged from a bird box where she had been observing a pair of bluebirds tend to their nest.
Judging by the snake’s enlarged throat, Eiceman knew her beloved birds had become a tasty meal.
“I started crying, I didn’t know what to do,” Eiceman told the Tallahassee Democrat. “The snake went down and up a wooden flower box and it went out of sight. After that, all the birds disappeared.”
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Upset by the scene, Eiceman decided she would take matters into her own hands.
Eiceman, known as “Grandma Bunny” by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, made her mind up to get rid of the snake once and for all.
She removed the bird boxes from her yard, hoping that eventually, the 6-foot-long snake would be exposed. When it did, she would be ready.
When Eiceman saw the snake slither through her yard again, she reportedly pinned it down with a stick in one hand and a hammer in the other.
“He would go thin and wiggle out from under the twig, I would run after him and finally I turned my hammer sideways and I got him good,” she told the Tallahassee Democrat. “I was so angry with that snake.”
She hopes the incident will be the first and last time she kills a snake.
“I do not want to go through that anymore,” Eiceman said. “Watching those birds brought a lot of joy to me.”
Of course, there are alternatives to killing snakes that can hardly resist a tempting, easy bird meal from a backyard.
But for now, Grandma Bunny’s garden is peaceful and predator-free once again.
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