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West Texas family finds rattlesnake slithering up toilet
kxan ^ | Feb. 1, 2017 | KTAB/KRBC

Posted on 02/01/2017 3:33:32 PM PST by bgill

A Jones County family experienced a nightmare come true when a rattlesnake slithered up inside their toilet last week.

Big Country Snake Removal says the family contacted them after finding the adult snake in their toilet.

When officials arrived on scene, the company investigated the property and found 24 rattlesnakes total in the family’s storm cellar and under the house. Five were babies and the rest were adults.

(Excerpt) Read more at kxan.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: rattlesnakes; toilet
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Yikes, imagine getting bitten on the backside. We had a 6 ft. racer come out of the toilet and no one stayed long enough to take pictures.

1 posted on 02/01/2017 3:33:32 PM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes?


2 posted on 02/01/2017 3:36:12 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: bgill

Was your bowl as clean as that one?


3 posted on 02/01/2017 3:36:51 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: bigredkitty1

One of my biggest fears!!! Indiana~


4 posted on 02/01/2017 3:37:03 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: bgill

Great.... now I gotta poop in a bucket from here on out...


5 posted on 02/01/2017 3:37:18 PM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: bgill

Toilet snakes! They all thought I was crazy, but now they’ll regret it, oh yes they will...


6 posted on 02/01/2017 3:38:26 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: GraceG

That’s a real Obama (Pain is the a$$)


7 posted on 02/01/2017 3:38:36 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: bgill

You won’t find any rats in that house.


8 posted on 02/01/2017 3:39:10 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: bgill

Town, or septic system?


9 posted on 02/01/2017 3:40:14 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Ann Archy

Read story and I immediately looked around my feet. Just a reflex when you live in Texas with eight different species of rattlesnakes.


10 posted on 02/01/2017 3:40:33 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: bgill

Was Beulah Balbricker on the throne at the time?


11 posted on 02/01/2017 3:41:35 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (Lock her up!)
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To: bgill

Doctor said you gonna die.


12 posted on 02/01/2017 3:41:41 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: bgill

Blow the house up! Burn the remains, salt the ground it stood on!

Don’t. Like. Snakes.


13 posted on 02/01/2017 3:42:49 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: bgill

AARRGGHHHH


14 posted on 02/01/2017 3:43:00 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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......found 24 rattlesnakes total in the family’s storm cellar.....

Speaking as a Native Texan I can say there's a small fortune in those snakes.

Everything about them is worth money.

The Venom commands a good price.
The rattles sell pretty well,
The skins are worth a lot.
The meat is yummie if one knows how to prepare it.

Pity it's too far to drive to make it worth my while.

15 posted on 02/01/2017 3:44:10 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: bgill

24 rattlers in the storm cellar? Someone lost total situational awareness.


16 posted on 02/01/2017 3:44:22 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: bgill

What? Chuck Shummer is in Texas?


17 posted on 02/01/2017 3:46:05 PM PST by topfile
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I stayed in an old ranch house in Texas one night and the basement was FULL of caged rattlers. The beds were high off the floor and the light was a bare bulb with a long string so you could turn on the light and see if anything was there. I didn’t sleep a wink.


18 posted on 02/01/2017 3:48:20 PM PST by tiki
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To: bgill; EinNYC
Well, it coulda been a spider!


19 posted on 02/01/2017 3:48:40 PM PST by Daffynition ( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: bgill

Good thing they found the snakes before a tornado came through and they had to hit the storm cellar....yikes!


20 posted on 02/01/2017 3:50:09 PM PST by HerrBlucher (For the sake of His sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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