Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1920 — HUGE CHICKEN SNAKE [ARTICLE]

HUGE CHICKEN SNAKE

Swallowed a Copperhead That Carried Many Little Ones. . A sure enough snake story comes from Buckusburg, Calloway county, Kentucky, and is reported by F. H. Guier and son Dennis, whose record for truth and veracity cannot be questioned. •' 2 / . While the two men were suckerlng tobacco one day their attention was attracted by the family dog barking and making a peculiar alarm. They went to the dog and saw the animal grab a big snake and begin shaking it. In doing so young snakes the size and length of a lead pencil began to scatter about him; The men examined the young reptiles and found them to be copperheads, but the snake which the dog attacked was a big chicken snake four feet long. They were not satisfied with thia wtrange condition and on further exAmination they found that the chicken snake had swallowed a copperhead snake two and a half feet long, which contained the little snakes. Seven of the youngsters were found, but there might have been more in the lot that were scattered about when the dog began to shake the big ane.