Ellroy & the Sar-pent

Friendly stroll along the coast w/the pooches -- off the leash, galloping through high brush, when Ellroy goes ape.
Shit, that is...Ellroy goes ape-shit, as if baby Jesus himself descended from heaven and presented my boy a bloody t-bone.
Now that I think of it, religious overtones were most definitely present.
He caught himself a Sar-pent.

A Pacific Gopher Snake, to be precise.

And before Ellroy administered the final death blow (a maniacal thrashing), I managed to save the beast.
Back to the bush he went.

A beautiful little creature, somehow surviving, hopefully thriving.

God speed...and beware the Ellroy.