OT: OT My newest visitor...

[jleves]

 

[Hoophound]

Did you let it go or “take care of it”?

 

[Mano]

Hey @whaler11!!! Check it out bud!

 

[Robertelamin]

They make great pets for kids!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Keep it. No worries about rodents.

 

[whaler11]

Hey @whaler11!!! Check it out bud!

burn the house down

 

[jdb50]

Nice rattlesnake. Are you in CT? Looks to be 8 years old.

 

[Chin Diesel]

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Where is this?

 

[jleves]

Los Angeles. The picture doesn't quite do it justice. It was about 3 and half feet when stretched out and thick. Larger than I'm comfortable dealing with so we called the fire department. They showed up with snake catching stuff and a flat head shovel, but it escaped under the fence into the brush. They said, 'we don't chase them.' So now I have a pissed off rattle snake in the brush outside my fence. Cool.

 

[intlzncster]

Looks pretty friendly.

 

[Austin316]

Hold on, Clark, let me get the babysitter....

 

[Chin Diesel]

Los Angeles. The picture doesn't quite do it justice. It was about 3 and half feet when stretched out and thick. Larger than I'm comfortable dealing with so we called the fire department. They showed up with snake catching stuff and a flat head shovel, but it escaped under the fence into the brush. They said, 'we don't chase them.' So now I have a pissed off rattle snake in the brush outside my fence. Cool.

Nice picture. Good reference of snake length with the ground light.

Definitely healthy and nothing you should mess with unless you're a pro.

Any chance of calling a pest removal service? A few bucks for piece of mind of that snake not showing back up is worth it.

 

[Huskybass]

What could go wrong?

 

[Deepster]

I’m gonna say. I think it’d be pretty easy to chop its head off with a hoe or flat shovel.

Or I’d squirt it with lighter fluid and toss a match.

Calling the officials is weak sauce, jleves.

 

[Mano]

Or I’d squirt it with lighter fluid and toss a match.

One catastrophic California wildfire later...

 

[temery]

Was it rattling?

 

[jleves]

I’m gonna say. I think it’d be pretty easy to chop its head off with a hoe or flat shovel.

Or I’d squirt it with lighter fluid and toss a match.

Calling the officials is weak sauce, jleves.

Yes a flaming rattlesnake taking off into the Angeles National Forest would be a bad idea.

 

[jleves]

Was it rattling?

Once they tried to get it - yes it was mighty pissed and rattling.

 

[HooperScooper]

Yes a flaming rattlesnake taking off into the Angeles National Forest would be a bad idea.

I think I had a Flaming Rattlesnake at a bar in Arizona once.

 

[temery]

I think I had a Flaming Rattlesnake at a bar in Arizona once.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[superjohn]

I remember catching a rattlesnake swimming as a teenager. Check that, my psycho boss caught one barehanded in the water. I never knew rattlesnakes could swim before that day.

 

[UCDaveD]

You pet it?

 

[uconnbill]

Your rodent problems are gone, but I hope you have no small animals that are outdoors. Not fun at all and I hope someone takes it out of your area to the desert

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

We already have another Kevin Durant thread.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Yes a flaming rattlesnake taking off into the Angeles National Forest would be a bad idea.

Tastes like chicken!