Eeeeek is right! I'm sitting out there with the garden light on the pond. One snake comes out and takes off...probably out hunting. I sit there for a while longer and there comes the other one, right out front into the light where I can really see him! He's a good 3 - 4 ft long! And that's just ONE! I have two in there!!! They must use my little pond as their "bedroom", sleep during the day and come out at night to hunt. I know I have a few dozen minnows in the pond along with one big goldfish (at least I hope he's still in there)....and now I have two cottonmouths. Who could ask for anything more??? LOL