Completely opposite to the characteristics of rattlesnakes to attack in mass or even come one on one when not cornered. Sort of like Pecos Bill riding a Texas tornado in his story.
Water Moccasins?
****Completely opposite to the characteristics of rattlesnakes to attack in mass or even come one on one when not cornered. Sort of like Pecos Bill riding a Texas tornado in his story.****
My rattlesnake story of coming off a New Mexico mountain at dusk and having to walk through masses of rattlesnakes supports your post.
My younger half brother (13) and I were in a mess, with them everywhere, 5 feet away, 20 feet away, 10 feet, everywhere, for a while I carried him but we had a long distance to cover, we had a junkie old flashlight but there were so many that using the little flashlight was slowing us up and not helping all that much, finally I decided to just turn off the light and walk crisply and hope the rattlers would succeed in avoiding us, although we did go back to the flashlight for a little while after noticing that we had stepped on each side of one as we walked rapidly side by side.
The rattlesnake experience was surreal, I don’t know where they all came from or why they were spread so thickly over such a large area, but as far as attacking they were no different than they usually are, which means they didn’t pursue us as in this article. We also have a couple of rattlesnake stories from that day going up the mountain, but that night experience completely overwhelms those normal experiences.