We had a family reunion in Aiden near my dad's homestead. Prime rattlesnake country. Anyways, a kid spotted a rattlesnake outside the community hall and my uncle ran outside, grabbing a shovel on his way out. He figured he would pick it up and move it far away. Well when he got outside he was surprised. It was a 6' rattler, it was coiled and just beginning to strike. My uncle got it with the shovel, a lucky hit that beheaded the snake. The snake's body slithered for the next hour or so while my uncle skinned it.
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