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.
Cross off Canada. We have rattlesnakes and night snakes.
“Prizes for biggest, ugliest, oldest, and meanest.”
How in the Hell can we sack Maxipad Waters, John McStain, Kamala Harris, etc...?
I’ve seen those dens on animal shows. Horrible.
Gopro gets too close to snake pit:
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_562475ace4b08589ef47e899
Folks, You walk by more than you see!
Ever been to Sweetwater?
“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?
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. : )
No poisonous snakes in Hawaii....just thousands of venomous liberals that spend their day in a drug induced form of hibernation.
I can find 8th graders at inner cities schools that have a better command of the English language than does Mr. Mitchell.
Bermuda - hurricanes?
Rattlesnake bite. See link at bottom of article.
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...
Hi.
No, but I wanted to go many years ago.
My first rattlesnake hunt was in Clewiston, FL.
Circa 1960.
5.56mm
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.
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!
Will this horror ever stop?
Mongeese and minkeys running protection rackets.
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