Posted by Janice Chambers on August 4, 2011 at 10:30pm
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A few days ago, my two teenage, handsome and very tall sons, called me outside to see what they called a "snizzard".
When I reached the side of my house where they were, my youngest son was frantically stalking a strange looking snake with feet with the yard rake. The reptile had the head of a snake, and the body of a lizard. Wow! It was creepy! I had never in all of my years,(no comment!) seen or heard of such a creature!
Of course, teenage boys love to have fun with creatures of that sort. I looked at their reptile victim with scary curiosity. However, I felt much safer by leaving the three of them to their own devices.
I will not mention what happened to the snizzard whenever they both finally captured it. Needless to say, it will not be in my yard again.
However, my curiosity was peaked. What on earth is a snizzard??? Google was right there to help me on my quest to find my answer.
A snizzard is a half snake and half lizard. I mean really! Aren't these two creatures like...first cousins or something? The snizzard has hands (ick!) that are the same shape of the snakes head and mouth. I guess that he has to look like both parents. I heard that they can bite you and it will hurt! I really would not want to attend one of their family reunions.
I live in a nice neighborhood. No gangsters or loud noises. My neighbors are very nice and we have all lived here for years. I guess the manicured yards, basketball goals and fenced in back yards in our quiet little world, needed to have a wierdo. I am glad that it was the snizzard. At least, we do know his family! (wink!)
BTW, I am fully aware that the correct spelling is "snizard". It is just more fun to spell it with two z's instead of one!
