Do you see it? She needs snake chaps!
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Ohio (at least southern) has rattle snakes also. Them and copperheads are the only poisenous snakes in Ohio that I know of. That's enough trust me!
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When we where looking to buy land in the country we went to a listing for a house that was built around 1900 that was sitting on 20 or 30 acres. The land had been subdivided so that the house was on 5 acres and there was another 5 acres that had had a mobile home at one time. The empty 5 acre lot had a power pole and and old well house. The well house was pretty large, something like 3x6 and about face high. The only way "in" was to open the lid/roof of the well house.......
See where this is going yet? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Me being the curious sort I wanted to know what was in the box. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif So I opened the lid....
As the lid went open, a snake, a rather large one, at least 4-5 feet long slithered rapidly in front of my face! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif My face is only 12 to 18 inches from Mr. Slithers! Two things quickly happend. I dropped the lid and proceeded to ruin a pair of Fruit of Looms.
/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
After I put my heart back in my chest, I found a stick. Still curious, I used the stick to open the lid back up to see Mr. Slithers and the well house. I said Howdy to Mr. Slithers, saw whatever I wanted to see in the well house and went on my merry way.
Did not buy the land/house but that had nothing to do with Mr. Slithers and his well house. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Later,
Dan
When we where looking to buy land in the country we went to a listing for a house that was built around 1900 that was sitting on 20 or 30 acres. The land had been subdivided so that the house was on 5 acres and there was another 5 acres that had had a mobile home at one time. The empty 5 acre lot had a power pole and and old well house. The well house was pretty large, something like 3x6 and about face high. The only way "in" was to open the lid/roof of the well house.......
See where this is going yet? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Me being the curious sort I wanted to know what was in the box. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif So I opened the lid....
As the lid went open, a snake, a rather large one, at least 4-5 feet long slithered rapidly in front of my face! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif My face is only 12 to 18 inches from Mr. Slithers! Two things quickly happend. I dropped the lid and proceeded to ruin a pair of Fruit of Looms.
/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
After I put my heart back in my chest, I found a stick. Still curious, I used the stick to open the lid back up to see Mr. Slithers and the well house. I said Howdy to Mr. Slithers, saw whatever I wanted to see in the well house and went on my merry way.
Did not buy the land/house but that had nothing to do with Mr. Slithers and his well house. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Later,
Dan
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Dan, I've caught and handled snakes (non-poisonous) up to 4' long, but if I'm too close when I first see one, I have about the same reaction you did. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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Bird,
Go to a rattlesnake roundup and sometimes you will see a snake with tape around its body. This is to signify that the snake strikes vertically most of the time. First saw this at the Sweetwater roundup many years ago.
froggy
Go to a rattlesnake roundup and sometimes you will see a snake with tape around its body. This is to signify that the snake strikes vertically most of the time. First saw this at the Sweetwater roundup many years ago.
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That's a new one to me, Froggy. I used to want to go to that Sweetwater roundup, but never did.
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One of the snake handlers who was in the pit with them and doing a demonstration said it was a safety feature for the guys who got in the pit.
froggy
One of the snake handlers who was in the pit with them and doing a demonstration said it was a safety feature for the guys who got in the pit.
froggy
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Wait till you see a guy crawl into a sleeping bag filled with rattlers. That is really something!
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Cactus, did you ever hear of Wendy Bagwell and the Sunlighters? They were a pretty good Southern Gospel singing group quite a few years ago. and him telling the story of the time they performed in a little country church in Kentucky, without knowing in advance that it was one where they "took up the serpent", is hilarious.
Hey, I just found that you can turn up the volume on your computer and go to http://sweet3fawn.homestead.com/TheRattleSnakeStory.html and hear him tell The Rattlesnake Story.
Hey, I just found that you can turn up the volume on your computer and go to http://sweet3fawn.homestead.com/TheRattleSnakeStory.html and hear him tell The Rattlesnake Story.
