On Sept. 23, a motorist felt something slithering up her leg while zooming down State Route 17 in Delaware County, New York.

The motorist quickly pulled over, scrambled out of her car, and called emergency services.

Two New York State Department of Environmental Conservation police officers, as well as a state Trooper, soon arrived and began searching the motorist’s vehicle for a snake of some kind.

New York is home to 17 species of snake . Three species are venomous, including timber rattlesnakes, which are often found in Delaware County.

One of the ECOs pulled a two-foot-long garter snake from inside the vehicle and carried it to a tree line where he released it. How the snake got in the vehicle is a mystery.

Garter snakes are common throughout NY and can be found in a variety of h

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