[ravingnutter]

Might have been a chicken snake. One of those scared the heck out of me when I walked in my shed one day, he was up on the rafters.

[DeFault User]

Could have been a chicken snake. I didn't get a good look at the coloration since he was more a “shadowy” muncher. I have had black racers on the lawn and other varieties sunning themselves on the sidewalk occasionally. As long as they’re not poisonous, I look at them as pest prevention.