I don't have any really interesting snake stories, although I was apparently fond of picking them up to play with when I was a toddler- but I did want to get in the vital Canadian facts that Black Rat Snakes of remarkable size are found in Southern Ontario, as are, much more rarely, Timber Rattlesnakes. Due to a tendency to disappear over the horizon when encountering them, I cannot testify as to the size of the rattlers.