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Rattlesnake activity forces closure of trail in North Table Mountain Park
KDVR ^ | October 21, 2017 | David Mitchell

Posted on 10/21/2017 1:24:20 PM PDT by beaversmom

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — Rattlesnake activity forced park managers to close Cottonwood Canyon Trail in North Table Mountain Park.

The temporary closure started Friday. It wasn’t known how long it would last.

Officials with Jefferson County Open Space said there is a concentration of rattlesnakes near the trail what are getting ready to hibernate. They closed the area for public safety.

A man died two weeks ago after a rattlesnake bit him while he was hiking not far away in Mount Galbrath Park in Golden. It’s about two miles away from the Cottonwood Canyon Trail.


TOPICS: US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; rattlesnakes; wildlife
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To: billorites
Combined with Muslim hellholes I would rather avoid, it leaves only Canada, Scandinavia, New Hampshire and Bermuda.

Cross off Canada. We have rattlesnakes and night snakes.

21 posted on 10/21/2017 1:50:12 PM PDT by Lower Deck
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To: M Kehoe

“Prizes for biggest, ugliest, oldest, and meanest.”

How in the Hell can we sack Maxipad Waters, John McStain, Kamala Harris, etc...?


22 posted on 10/21/2017 1:50:16 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: beaversmom

23 posted on 10/21/2017 2:16:31 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I’ve seen those dens on animal shows. Horrible.


24 posted on 10/21/2017 2:17:36 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie; Mr. Mojo

Gopro gets too close to snake pit:
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_562475ace4b08589ef47e899


25 posted on 10/21/2017 2:20:38 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

26 posted on 10/21/2017 2:22:46 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: beaversmom

Folks, You walk by more than you see!


27 posted on 10/21/2017 2:48:36 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2018!)
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To: M Kehoe

Ever been to Sweetwater?


28 posted on 10/21/2017 2:49:34 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: beaversmom
On the front range of the Rockies rattle snakes are fairly common, to the extent, if you are a golfer and your ball disappears into a bushy arroyo (gully) you don't look for it ... consider it gone. In contrast on the other side of the Rockies (the western slope) the pygmy rattler is the only type of rattle snake we have to deal with ... and they are rare.
29 posted on 10/21/2017 2:50:40 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: beaversmom

“My daughter and I got warned by another hiker at the end of September about one on one of the trails in Red Rocks. The next week, that hiker was killed in Golden”.

That’s really sad to hear. Car accident?


30 posted on 10/21/2017 2:59:23 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: BluH2o

When I was first learning to golf I was playing course in Western PA. There were signs in the brushy areas saying something along the lines of “Danger! Risk of Copperheads and Timber Ratters. Do no reach into brush, tall grass or rocky areas off the fairway to retrieve lost balls!” And that was good enough for me. I was just learning anyway so was playing best ball and stocked up on cheap golf balls since I lost so many anyway. : )


31 posted on 10/21/2017 2:59:59 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA
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To: billorites

No poisonous snakes in Hawaii....just thousands of venomous liberals that spend their day in a drug induced form of hibernation.


32 posted on 10/21/2017 3:01:28 PM PDT by Kahuna
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To: beaversmom
there is a concentration of rattlesnakes near the trail what are getting ready to hibernate.

I can find 8th graders at inner cities schools that have a better command of the English language than does Mr. Mitchell.

33 posted on 10/21/2017 3:05:27 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: billorites

Bermuda - hurricanes?


34 posted on 10/21/2017 3:06:08 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: laplata

Rattlesnake bite. See link at bottom of article.


35 posted on 10/21/2017 3:18:50 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: M Kehoe

Texas usually has rattlesnake round ups in the early Spring but anytime there’s a snake, it’s open season imo.

We just had a tizzy with the cats who brought an 18” green grass snake to my desk. Ran them outside but moments later decided to take it to the bedroom. Finally got them and it back outside. One day it won’t be a grass snake...


36 posted on 10/21/2017 3:21:51 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: waterhill

Hi.

No, but I wanted to go many years ago.

My first rattlesnake hunt was in Clewiston, FL.
Circa 1960.

5.56mm


37 posted on 10/21/2017 3:23:03 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: BluH2o

CO Ntl Monument, my son spotted a baby rattler several years ago. We didn’t say, “goochie goo” even though it was just a wittle baby.


38 posted on 10/21/2017 3:23:07 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Actually the island of St. Kitts doesn’t have snakes, because they imported the mongoose to take care of it.....
Now St. Kitts is over run with mongoose and monkeys!


39 posted on 10/21/2017 3:37:33 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Guenevere

Will this horror ever stop?

Mongeese and minkeys running protection rackets.


40 posted on 10/21/2017 3:44:06 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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