Re: So much for Irish Spring and Dryer Sheets.....
 

In florida we had black racers (very fast hence the name). We always left them alone. They like mice and rat nests. Up here we have garter snakes in the summer. I don't see as many anymore as I did as a kid.

Black racer snakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5V8lQngoE