I was digging my sweet potatoes, and this is what I found. I think the shovel sliced the egg open, so he may have hatched prematurely. But he was perfectly formed. I let him go at our creek- which was quite some distance away. Amazing how far his mom must have traveled. And I'm not sure turtles are suppose to be hatching in October! There were two other eggs. One was just the shell- the occupant gone. The other was an undamaged egg that I reburied in a safe place (my flower bed) so the tiller later in the fall wouldn't scramble it.

                                                        I think it's a snapping turtle.