pierinifitness
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Post by pierinifitness on Sept 22, 2021 14:27:52 GMT
We had a visitor last night at 10:20 pm at our back cement patio less than one foot away from our sliding glass door that was open for night time fresh air. This allowed for a good look through the screen sliding door and hearing his rattle. Knowing that I was unskilled in dealing with, particularly in the darkness of the night, wife called the fire department. Ten minutes later, they arrived and captured the snake, took it with them and our visitor was gone. It was a diamondback rattlesnake of good size (about 4-5 feet) according to the two firefighters. Taxpayer dollars at work in small town America. We're pleased with their response time.  |
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Post by stuke on Sept 22, 2021 14:42:05 GMT
We had a visitor last night at 10:20 pm at our back cement patio less than one foot away from our sliding glass door that was open for night time fresh air. This allowed for a good look through the screen sliding door and hearing his rattle. Knowing that I was unskilled in dealing with, particularly in the darkness of the night, wife called the fire department. Ten minutes later, they arrived and captured the snake, took it with them and our visitor was gone. It was a diamondback rattlesnake of good size (about 4-5 feet) according to the two firefighters. Taxpayer dollars at work in small town America. We're pleased with their response time. Wow! |
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Post by billfish on Sept 22, 2021 15:17:20 GMT
Have had a few of big blacksnakes get into the house over the years....fortunately they are not venomous, but can still bite I have used a broom to sweep them out but it's still a job My good boy Billy, a Doberman grabbed and killed a snake which snuck up behind me while I was squatting down working on my house and snapped him like a whip breaking his back.....i didn't know what happened until I heard the commotion about 6 feet behind me Also had a venomous red belly rear up on me while weed whacking....he lost  Glad your visitor was taken care of |
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Post by pierinifitness on Sept 22, 2021 15:31:05 GMT
People here generally don't like to kill snakes but have them captured and returned to their natural habitat. That's what the fire department does. The locals talk about not killing the king snake which is a good one and keeps the rattlesnakes away.
My son, two houses away, had a snake encounter and killed it with his BB gun. Then took a photo of the dead snake hanging from a garden tool by oldest grandson with the other three grandsons looking on. I have a BB gun too but it was dark last night and there's a part of me that thinks like the locals that I really prefer not to kill but this "monster" did get a little too close for comfort. Most people here do call the fire department but the rugged natives who are experienced take things into their own hands. Regardless, you got to walk with your eyes looking on the ground with good peripheral vision. We live on 1.5 acres and it's fair to say there are more close by where this one came from.
This was only my second encounter with a rattlesnake. The other one was probably 25 plus years ago when we lived out in a a rural area on 5 acres. I came home and saw my wife hosing down the garage. I asked her what she was doing. She said while I was gone, my son and her found a rattlesnake in our garage. She ran across the street to Lyle our neighbor who came over with a shovel and bashed the poor snake to death and removed the remains. Then he told my wife a story. Lyle's Dad was a rattlesnake farmer (I guess that's what you call them) who had a big pit where the snakes were bred and kept. Apparently Lyle's dad fell in the pit to his death from being attacked by his rattlesnakes. I can only imagine the thoughts going through the mind of my dear neighbor and he bashed the rattlesnake to death and the visual images he had of his father.
I don't believe snakes attack if they're not agitated but you do still have to be cautious. Anyway, it was an exciting 30 minutes last evening which breaks the stillness of life being a retired person.
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Post by billfish on Sept 22, 2021 15:35:01 GMT
I've never encountered any but my farmer neighbor showed me a BIG Cottonmouth he shot one afternoon.....I'm really surprised that I've never come across one as they are quite common here There is a reservoir called Stumpy Lake not far from me and my crazy French friend who I worked with climbing towers lived right near it and had a canoe We went out in his canoe on this very shallow lake which has overhanging trees.....with snakes in them This lunatic then reached up with the paddle to touch the snakes !  I yelled at him "WTF are you doing, what if one falls into the goddamn canoe ?" He laughed and said " No problem, we can handle them !" That was it, I said let's head back and have a beer  |
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Sept 22, 2021 17:26:23 GMT
Years ago when my daughter was a baby, I had her on my back, and we and my wife were hiking along a trail in Connecticut. All of a sudden, about 6 feet in front of me, a big snake just reared up, standing about 4 feet high. I just jumped back, spun around, pushed my wife, and shouted, "Run!"
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Sept 22, 2021 17:36:11 GMT
The last water moccasin I had an encounter with learned firsthand about what I can do with a Glock 19. Unfortunately it won't be able to tell its friends and family.
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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Sept 22, 2021 21:49:12 GMT
I never saw a snake in the wild in the UK. The only venomous one is the adder (aka viper). They are not very dangerous though as they are very shy. There were no snakes on Ibiza (It's an island) at one time but there were lots of reports of them while I was living there. Apparently the snakes hitched a ride on olive trees imported from the mainland in the early 2000's and now the snakes are everywhere and eating up the lizards.  |
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Post by Michael on Sept 22, 2021 22:25:49 GMT
When I was doing tree work during the week there were times I would have to put hip boots on and go in water by the bridges. Logs and branches get caught up and cause a dam like effect which sometimes caused flooding. Everyone was scared to go in the water except for me and one other guy because of the snakes, rats and whatever other animal could be in the mess. We would go in there and cut the stuff up so we could get the water flowing. I mostly encountered snakes which didn't bother me much. One time I talked one guy we worked with to come in the water with me because he was hilarious. I know he was scared of snakes but he did not realize he would encounter a snake.  , his tree work experience was limited but he could use a saw. That day he was cutting right by me and he seen a snake swimming. He dropped the saw in the water and tried to take off but I grabbed his shirt and started dragging him towards where the snake was. The snake was long gone. I couldn't stop laughing. He was laughing his butt off afterwards, always was a good sport. Kind of miss doing that kind of stuff and working with guys like that, always a lot of fun. |
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Post by mrdave100 on Sept 22, 2021 23:28:42 GMT
Have had a few of big blacksnakes get into the house over the years....fortunately they are not venomous, but can still bite I have used a broom to sweep them out but it's still a job My good boy Billy, a Doberman grabbed and killed a snake which snuck up behind me while I was squatting down working on my house and snapped him like a whip breaking his back.....i didn't know what happened until I heard the commotion about 6 feet behind me Also had a venomous red belly rear up on me while weed whacking....he lost Glad your visitor was taken care of Man’s best friend, hope you gave him a steak |
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Post by pierinifitness on Sept 23, 2021 4:24:40 GMT
Shared my rattlesnake experience with my cousin this morning. He lives in my former home city. This evening hevsent me this photo of a rattlesnake in his backyard. I think his was bigger than mine.  |
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Post by billfish on Sept 23, 2021 16:33:53 GMT
Have had a few of big blacksnakes get into the house over the years....fortunately they are not venomous, but can still bite I have used a broom to sweep them out but it's still a job My good boy Billy, a Doberman grabbed and killed a snake which snuck up behind me while I was squatting down working on my house and snapped him like a whip breaking his back.....i didn't know what happened until I heard the commotion about 6 feet behind me Also had a venomous red belly rear up on me while weed whacking....he lost Glad your visitor was taken care of Man’s best friend, hope you gave him a steak He sure was......I took care of him |
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, his tree work experience was limited but he could use a saw. That day he was cutting right by me and he seen a snake swimming. He dropped the saw in the water and tried to take off but I grabbed his shirt and started dragging him towards where the snake was. The snake was long gone. I couldn't stop laughing. He was laughing his butt off afterwards, always was a good sport. Kind of miss doing that kind of stuff and working with guys like that, always a lot of fun.
