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07-31-2007, 04:04 PM

Once when I was pretty young, maybe 6 or 7 so this would have been about 1977 or, my friend's dad took us to a Rattlesnake Rodeo. I don't remember all that much, but I do remember that there were barrels that had glass or maybe plexiglass on top. These barrels were just chockfull of snakes. Looked just about like that. Later in the day they had this sort of boxing ring set up and men would walk around while other guys would pile rattlers on their arms. Still others were standing around with what I thought were sticks and hoes (maybe hooks?) and shoving any snakes that tried to go over the edge back onto the platform. In retrospect, this was probably one of the least safe things I can imagine taking a child too. I mean, let's annoy hundreds of rattlesnakes and see what happens! Fun for the whole family!

07-31-2007, 04:04 PM	#16
Traci	I know this is an old post, but just had to add... Once when I was pretty young, maybe 6 or 7 so this would have been about 1977 or, my friend's dad took us to a Rattlesnake Rodeo. I don't remember all that much, but I do remember that there were barrels that had glass or maybe plexiglass on top. These barrels were just chockfull of snakes. Looked just about like that. Later in the day they had this sort of boxing ring set up and men would walk around while other guys would pile rattlers on their arms. Still others were standing around with what I thought were sticks and hoes (maybe hooks?) and shoving any snakes that tried to go over the edge back onto the platform. In retrospect, this was probably one of the least safe things I can imagine taking a child too. I mean, let's annoy hundreds of rattlesnakes and see what happens! Fun for the whole family!