You wife is scared of it, it is on your property, you love your wife. Kill It!
No he’s across the road, which is a woods, but very boggy and wet. There is a pond on our side of the road. I’m pretty sure it’s a northern watersnake. Anyway I warned my wife that they are nasty and told her it feeds on birds, including her beloved goslings (who will grow to defecate all over our driveway and yard) but she’s pledged to run him over next time she sees him to protect the little sh*tters.