I've had two encounters with rattle snakes. In both cases, hearing the rattle caused my hindbrain to skip a beat, I went still and start scanning around me.. in both cases the snake was literally 8 feet in front of me on the path. In both cases, I gave it a width berth amd we went on our respective ways.
Both of these were timber rattlesnakes, a very rare thing.. I've been hiking basically every weekend for 30 years.. and I've seen 2.. I can only imagine there were more I never saw.
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ChildishGiant on February 20th, 2022 at 13:22 UTC »
Look next to the dirt patch in the bottom of the picture
Yesmar2020 on February 20th, 2022 at 13:32 UTC »
Cool! Perfect camouflage, I had to zoom in to even see it.
mysticalfruit on February 20th, 2022 at 15:48 UTC »
Hiking in back country...
Snakes like to warm themselves on flat rocks.
This is why I wear hiking boots and gators.
I've had two encounters with rattle snakes. In both cases, hearing the rattle caused my hindbrain to skip a beat, I went still and start scanning around me.. in both cases the snake was literally 8 feet in front of me on the path. In both cases, I gave it a width berth amd we went on our respective ways.
Both of these were timber rattlesnakes, a very rare thing.. I've been hiking basically every weekend for 30 years.. and I've seen 2.. I can only imagine there were more I never saw.