Little Pest Control owner Pete Peterman has a big pest problem. He of recently killed a 6' rattlesnake in his front yard in Fennwood Subdivision in Zachary.

Peterman said the reptile crossed his driveway right after some neighborhood kids walked by when he discovered it and ran to get a shovel.

The reptile had eight rattles and was about three inches wide across his back, Peterman said.

"After a couple of whacks with the shovel, the rattlesnake was dead," Peterman said.

The Zachary native says he believes the large snake came from a nearby wooded lot that was in the process of getting cleared out by a man.

Peterman said it's not the first time he's killed rattlers in his yard, and he says he recently killed an even bigger snake in Port Hudson.

Yikes!