One of the benefits of living in rural Colorado is the abundance of wildlife. I never thought that some of that very wildlife would show up at a mortgage signing. I arrived at a borrower’s home recently for what I thought would be a routine notarization. As I began unloading the paperwork from my briefcase, I glimpsed a strange bright orange flash at the bottom.
I saw a foot-long banded snake wiggling at the bottom.
What Kind Of Snake?
My borrower quickly searched on her computer to find exactly what type of serpent I toted to her home, and we determined that the snake was not poisonous. (I still don't know for sure what it was exactly – except scary.) I proceeded to take my briefcase outside and tried to shake the slithering snake out of my briefcase. Tapped my briefcase, hit it, even held it upside down with my apologies. No luck. I finally had to reach in and carefully pull the snake out of my case.
After things settled down, the closing went as planned, but I couldn’t help wondering how that snake got into my possessions. I’ll never know for sure but decided to blame my four cats because they routinely drag critters around the house. That’s my best guess, anyway.
Was I carrying that snake around for more than an afternoon? More than a week? These days, I check my briefcase far too frequently. I can attest that finding reptiles in your briefcase is still all in a good day’s work.
Michelle Brawley is a mobile Notary in Durango, Colorado. She can be reached at shellbee22@aol.com.
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