[fastfredracing]

I was up in my back lot trying getting ready to drag in a dead soldier that was towed in yesterday. I had the door open and one foot in the truck, and one foot on the ground, and was turning on the ignition switch, and listening for the fuel pump, When I went to pull my other foot in , I noticed the little guy on the ground. He was a feisty little sob, He was repeatedly striking at my boot. He was all coiled up an d kept shaking his tail, which looked like a rattle ,but did not rattle. He was a little guy, less than 3 feet long. His head did have the shape of a pit viper.
Kind of odd. I have never in my life seen a rattler around here, and I spent my youth in the woods either riding dirt bikes, or hunting or whatever. Just a few days ago, there was a short segment on the local news, that rattle snakes have been spotted in our area. I have seen a few in my time , but that is a couple of hours north of us up in the mountains, and have seen a few out west as well.
Poked at him with a long stick a couple of times, and he scurried off under another car. I was planning on weed whacking in that area this weekend, and now it is going to be running through me head the whole time