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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an avid outdoors person and, aside from my immediate family, am very much a loner. I spend most of my free time tending to and landscaping my wooded property of 3+ acres in MD.

My next door neighbor and I sometimes exchange texts (and even less frequently talk on the phone). We're friendly/neighborly, but not close. Years ago I shared with him that while being outside is therapeutic for me--I have an irrational fear of all snakes. Though our homes are spaced a distance apart, he can see me around my yard, especially in the fall and winter when the leaves have fallen.

Earlier today, after I came back inside from a few minutes walk around my yard I received a text from the neighbor. The text read, "Copperhead--nice camouflage!" accompanied with a copperhead snake hiding in leaves. Frightened that he saw this snake outside of his house, I asked if he'd seen it on his property. He texted back "Yes, in my side yard while I was picking up sticks". I went through the rest of the day worrying like hell. Then something made me Google image "copperhead camouflage"--the very first photo is the picture he texted to me--which went viral in 2017 and was taken in Texas!

This evening I am really struggling with understanding why anyone would want to cause this kind of fear for anyone. And try to harm someone's joy of the outdoors. Makes me even more hermitish, which I understand is not really healthy. What would you do, if anything?

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