I went backpacking for years along the Appalachian Trail without ever seeing a snake. The only time I was able to convince a girlfriend to go camping with me, SHE saw a copperhead on our first day in the mountains. No way was I going to tell her what it was. "That's just a harmless bush snake. Nothing to worry about".
Snakes don't bother me, but the scariest thin
g I ever saw was a Black Widow by my house down south.