This, however, is who she encountered. A four foot Prairie Rattler, who had happily made a home under the vault toilet. Yikes - talk about getting the crap scared out of yah.
Here it is slithering back to the safety of it's toilet home. Below is just its rattle, which is quite large |
The highlight, however, came later that evening, when this magnificent creature crossed our path. Such a beauty! If it doesn't already have a name, I think it should be called Lady M!
Cool spider :)
ReplyDeleteEw I hate snakes!
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty rattlesnake! Glad he made it back to his toilet home. And spider is gorgeous as well.
ReplyDeleteYes and the tarantula made it across the road, so all is well with the creepy crawlies.
DeleteGood good. Glad to hear no creepy crawlies were harmed.
DeleteWhen I saw the picture of the rattler and the story of your friend headed to the pit toilet, I thought this was going to be a story of "Terror on the SOUTHERN Plains" if you get my drift. I would have totally explored those abandoned houses, bodies or no bodies.
ReplyDeleteEastern Colorado is a little rural to say the least. I think we would have been trespassing on private property if we explored those houses. Lots of good historic properties here in Colorado - sometime I will take pictures for you!
DeleteI can only imagine how horrifying it would be to hear that rattle AFTER you'd already pulled down your drawers and perched yourself over the facilities. ;)
ReplyDeleteHa - coming from deep with the bowels of the vault toilet - terrifying!
DeleteLOL except the drawers were not dropped yet.
DeleteI didn't know you were a bird watcher - but a 'creep-and-crawlies' searcher makes complete sense ;)
ReplyDeleteYes I am quite an obsessive bird watcher but that is another blog entirely.
DeleteMy snake encounter was non poisonous ... it did chew on my hand for several minutes... and a feral kitten that burst into the house last night is still hiding behind me... under the Chest-of-drawers... Tuna still untouched...
ReplyDeletewas just dropping by to wish a happy 4th of July to you and yours.
Hello Stacey! My fourth was great! How about yours? I guess you've got a cat now!
DeleteNo, we had to pull apart that side of the living room...beneath the chest-of-drawer, found several things that it had chewed... But, no cat... got to looking around, and found where it had pushed loose the screen of the front door.
DeleteGoodness - so after all that, it escaped.
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