[unclebilly]

I may have posted about this before...

Back in 2007 or 2008, I bought a repo’d travel trailer from an online auction. It was located in Georgetown, TX.

It sat there for maybe 3 weeks before I could go get it. I drove the 2600 Kms to go get this thing, picked it up and headed north. I was travelling with my dad.

First night, we stopped at the Walmart in Amarillo, TX. This was really the first chance I had to look it over. There was no point going through it at the auction site, I owned it.

Everything seemed to check out until I looked under the sink to find a Fxxking Rattle Snake coiled up under there... I swore, a whole bunch. I hate snakes.

Dad asked what was going on and I told him there was a rattle snake under the sink, he didn’t believe me until he looked himself. He asked if I had a hammer but all I had was a 36” pipewrench (oilfield hammer). Dad beat the snake 3 times with the business end of the wrench and flung it out the door.

So to recap, we have a lunatic (me) yelling and swearing in the Walmart Parkin lot (that part is to be expected), as some poor dude is trying to sleep in his Jeep Cherokee parked next to me. Next thing a large snake flies through the air and across the hood of the Cherokee.

We packed up and left - headed to a hotel...

I guess I traded in my man card that night. A few days later, at customs, I acted really evasive and shady hoping they would want to search the trailer (free snake check) but I guess I looked too trustworthy...