Sentence 1: My neighbor saw something moving in the grass in his yard. 
 Sentence 3: He knew it was harmless and was afraid someone would kill it 
 Sentence 4:  He used a large garbage can to scoop the snake up 
 Sentence 5:  He then carried it into the nearby woods and safely released it 
 Option 1: It was a large rat snake, about four feet long! 
 Option 2: It was just the wind.