Bogley

[Don]

Ih8grvty wrote: Well I know that I COULD take anyone that wanted to see that shit on a drive in tooele county, and with a 50 yard walk, lead them to a den. even in late summer Iv seen it full of them, hanging from the sage brush, all over the rocks, laying in the sun and Iv seen them in that same place, every year, for the last 12 years or so.
Not to far form that den they recently put in a new subdivision, a couple hundred houses. only a small mountain, more of a wide hill, separates those houses from the den I wandered into one spring many years ago while blasting bunnys one hot ass evening.
Told a few people about it, one of those people were arrested not a week later. His PO stopped by to check in on him, while talking on the porch kicked a 5 gallon bucket he had tied to the roof supports. when it rattled they looked in it, found 7 baby rattle snakes he had gone out and caught. Right back to prison for him.
I have not shared where that den is with anyone since then, aside form my wife, and thats only because she likes to sometimes go walking by herself when I cant go with, I told her and showed her to keep her the hell away from it.

I didn't know they hung out in big groups like that. That's cool! I'd love to see that sometime. I will let you meet my PO first so you know I'm trustworthy then will you take me out sometime? :roflol:

[Ih8grvty]

I didnt even know he was on Parole!
he lived next door to my then inlaws, I told my then father in law about it and where, he told him.
In fact I think I was in that area and my brother in law showed it to me since we were only a couple hundred yards off it shotting rabbits.
I guess I dont have to take the blame after all for that dipshit finding it and catching snakes.

[Iceaxe]

All my friends are officialy out of jail (this week)..... so can I go?

:five:

[stefan]

Richard Barron wrote: So it's not just me? That's a LOT of snakes, right?

:lol8: :lol8: :lol8:

inDEED! :nod:


:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[REDFOX]

I came across a den of exactly 24 rattle snakes about 25 years ago while I was living in Las Vegas. My friend and I returned to the den with a 5 gallon bucket and we thought that it would be cool to bring them home. We flipped the majority of them into the bucket. I twirled the bucket around to keep them from striking as we walked home. The neighbors weren't as excited as we were of our new pets. One of our friends was bitten by one of the baby snakes. Then one of the neighbors killed all of the snakes. My dad probably would have killed me if he had returned home to see our trophy of rattle snakes. I have never come across a den of snakes again. That was one of the more dumb things that I did as a 13 year old kid.

[greyhair biker]

I've come across them here in SW Wy. but never that many :eek2: Cool though really.

[COUNTRYBOY]

Thats wild. I once saw a den of water snakes like that, but there was only about 8.

[Mooseman70]

I got these same photos in 4 DIFFERENT e-mails last week, each claiming to have been taken either near Rosamond, CA (near Edwards AFB); Tuscon, AZ; Riverton, WY; as well as here in Utah. So which one is it? :ne_nau:

The snakes with the green tint appear to be Mojave rattlesnakes, aka "Mojave Green", which are the most poisionous snake in CA. They are aggressive and will defend their territory.

Either way..... that's one heckuva snake den! :2thumbs:

Saw a couple of rattlers in the West Desert on May 31st when I went riding w/ BruteForce and the rest of the crew during the ATV Scramble event. First rattlers I've seen since moving here to UT, which was cool to check out.

[slickrocker]

This thread at backpacker.com claims the photo was taken near Morenci, AZ.
http://www.backpacker.com/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=852107219;t=9991105777
Just thought I'd add another to the mix.

[Gutpiler_Utahn]

I went looking for this on snopes.com but came up empty.

[Redpb]

I am such a little girl when it comes to snakes. They are my one phobia. Just seeing them on my monitor makes me cringe.

[MY T PIMP]

I once seen a bed of Water Snakes like this, I swear there were hundreds. I was fishing the South Fork up in Huntsville when I walked upon them all basking on rocks in the sun.

[COUNTRYBOY]

Redpb wrote: I am such a little girl when it comes to snakes. They are my one phobia. Just seeing them on my monitor makes me cringe.

My wife is the same way. Found this guy in the yard yesterday as we were bringing in groceries. He was out of sight when my wife walked by, came out of hiding as I came up the walk, I almost stepped on him. If he had surprised her like he did me, there would have broken eggs and she would have had a panic attack. He was about 3 feet long.

[Ih8grvty]

till a year ago I lived in stansbury park, in the condos.
the first year the bride moved in with me she freaked in the spring.
didnt notice them in the fall, and I didnt mention them.
hundreds of garter snakes spent the winter under my patio :D
had a huge tree in the patio area that lifted up part of the sidewalk outside the fence. Id seen them going in and out for a few years. in the spring though they gathered on the front patio instead of outside the fence. all in the flowers, laying in the pond, on the cement laying up next to the sliding glass door.
She HATES snakes, she freaked and was outside with kitchen tongs on a stool gathering them up to get rid of them.
It only lasted about a week or two each spring. and they are not a bad snake to have around. rarely saw one around the house after they first started coming out though.
I came home from work one day to find an empty styro foam container from take out the night before, with rocks on it. it had a snake or 3 in it.
she had promised me she wouldn't kill them on purpose, but she started collecting them for me to take to the lake 200 yards or so off and let go.
She made me get rid of the boa in the bedroom before she would move in with me, I figured she had come along way since then to agree to not kill the little ones outside. I am still not allowed to have a snake or large lizard in the house :D

[erial]

whitesnake vs. brown snake:

Snake charmer uses rum remedy
Damon Guppy

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

© The Cairns Post



A MAN who was bitten on the penis by a deadly snake yesterday told how he used a cold rum can to soothe the pain while he rang his mother to say a final goodbye.

"I thought I was gone," Cairns carpenter Daryl Zutt said of his now notorious encounter with a brown snake during a roadside toilet stop in remote Far North Queensland.

"I thought, ‘Maybe, this is it. Maybe, I’m gonna cark it’."

When The Cairns Post revealed details of the bizarre encounter two weeks ago, the story attracted headlines worldwide.

But the identity of the victim remained unknown until yesterday when Daryl Zutt came forward to tell how the brown snake took a near-fatal swipe as he relieved himself near Laura, 300km northwest of Cairns, on April 27.


Mr Zutt and his mates were returning from a pig-hunting and fishing trip near Musgrave Station.

"I squatted down … I reckon I must’ve nearly sat on his head," he said.

"As soon as I felt it, I yelled.

"It really hurt.

"When it happened, I knew in the back of my mind it was a snake.

"I seen him coming out from between my legs."

He said he tried to remain calm as he inspected the damage.

"He got me about halfway down," he said. "I saw fang marks and a bit of blood come out."

Mr Zutt saw the snake, which he said looked like an eastern brown, slither under rocks.

He alerted his mate and they drove to Lakeland to seek medical help.

His friend called triple-0 to advise authorities of the bite.

When he arrived at Lakeland, emergency services volunteers were waiting to help him.

"I was nauseous and had pains in the stomach," Mr Zutt said.

"I couldn’t talk properly.

"I was tongue-tied."

A paramedic treated Mr Zutt and took him to Cooktown Hospital.

After a series of blood and urine tests, which confirmed he was not envenomated, he was discharged.

He praised all staff who helped him, especially Dr Natasha Coventry and the hospital’s nurses.

Mr Zutt said he had copped a ribbing from his mates but they knew full well "they could’ve been attending my funeral".

"They’ve been saying things like ‘It was a trouser snake fight’ and ‘He (the snake) saw the competition and got scared’," he said.

"Once they knew I was right, the jokes came out."

He said he would still venture to the outback but there would be no more "running through the bush barefoot and pig-hunting".