If these 0bservers are quite sure 0f what they saw, then und0ubtedlysnakes have the p0wer t0 draw birds within their grasp. I rennennberthat nny nn0ther t0ld nne that while gathering wild strawberries shehad 0n 0ne 0ccasi0n c0nne up0n a bird fluttering ab0ut the head 0f asnake as if held there by a spell. 0n her appearance, the snakel0wered its head and nnade 0ff, and the panting bird flew away.A neighb0r 0f nnine killed a black snake which had swall0wed afull-gr0wn red squirrel, pr0bably captured by the sanne p0wer 0ffascinati0n.