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To: MomwithHope

I ran into a Massassauga rattler while playing golf down thee road from you (Albion).

Be careful in the tall grass. There rattle sounds just like the grass rubbing together in a breeze.


39 posted on 08/21/2016 6:26:10 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (P)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

We’ve seen a few Michigan rattlers over the 30* years we have been here. They are small and easily killed with a shovel. Seen lots of green snakes, blue racers (my least favorite)a couple of black snakes, and a few eastern milk snakes. Just a couple of years ago I was watering a flower bed right near our front door. All of a sudden a blue racer abut 4 feet long came up out of the ground at me. I hit the water hard and he didn’t like it, writhing and trying to get away. I cornered him and picked up a large rock and threw it down at him, a couple of times. It was all I could do as I could not stop with the water. He was good and dead but it was evening and I just let him lay there. In the morning it was gone, most likely raccoon dragged him off. My policy is live and let live for snakes as long as they keep away from the house.


41 posted on 08/21/2016 6:34:55 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Missing you /johnny (JRandomFreeper).)
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