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The Snake Eater Continues To Talk...
I wonder if I'm stepping into the hornet's nest by starting up an ABC 23 blog over here... Can't be too bad. I have Jason Sperber to protect me, right?? He's the digital media ninja for Bakersfield.com. Gulp. Anyway, I'm adding youtube video of ABC 23's interview with the snake eater...
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posted by
NancyII
on Jul 20, 2007 at 07:25 AM
Having lived in Tehachapi for 15 years I can say that the only rattlers I ever saw were nowhere near town. My ex killed one at the ranch because it was near where my grandson was playing. Because the terrtory around Tehachapi is rocky, it's more likely you'll see them out in the boonies. Living at the ranch for 5 years, I pretty much only saw gopher snakes which are almost as deadly as a rattler to me. Heart attacks kill more surely then rattler venom. The way that town has grown, the rattlers must be scurrying ouwards in all directions. posted by
ABC23
on Jul 20, 2007 at 06:20 AM
I agree. The rattler didn't seem too bothered that I ran over it. By the way, I swore it was a stick.
posted by
sagefever
on Jul 19, 2007 at 08:22 PM
He says he killed it,we have all heard the stories about grandma snaping the chickens head off and the body running around~so the tape says that accounts for the "movement".I am just still too much a farmers daughter~vermin can and should be killed.Not killed willey nilly~but this is "survivor" and it just a tv show(unlike the excellent local news :-) ).Snakes really don't want to mess with you anymore than you want to mess with them.
posted by
ABC23
on Jul 19, 2007 at 02:39 PM
Yeah, was the snake alive or not?
posted by
CalamityJanie
on Jul 19, 2007 at 02:37 PM
OMG Sage, I don't think I'll ever go to Techachapi again.....(((((shake, shiver)))))))I guess if I had to, I could kill a rattlesnake if it was a threat. But I don't think I could eat ANYTHING while it was still alive. To me, THAT is really the debatable point here. posted by
ABC23
on Jul 19, 2007 at 02:02 PM
That's terrifying! I rode over one with my mountain bike once... thump-thump!
posted by
samheath
on Jul 19, 2007 at 01:12 PM
Glad you were so quick Sagefever. Those folks in Tehachapi are no dummies and though I love critters I'm of the old school the only good rattler is a dead rattler.
posted by
sagefever
on Jul 19, 2007 at 12:51 PM
I think almost everyone I have ever known from Tehachapi has a healthy "kill it" regard about rattlers.I'll never forget one spring sunbathing in the canyon.Settled in ,quietly enjoying the rays,realizing we were surrounded,my Tehachapi friend stifling her screams and carefully backing away from a mess of rattlers,babies,mid lifers and one old grandpa or ma?.that was about as thick as my upper arm and long....must have been 30 snakes if there was one.Thankfully it was spring,they were slow and I was young and quick.
posted by
samheath
on Jul 19, 2007 at 12:38 PM
No hanging head, I actually like TV23 though I do a lot of switching to all three channels.
posted by
ABC23
on Jul 19, 2007 at 12:01 PM
Jason, you should get hats and T-shirts made too.
posted by
ABC23
on Jul 19, 2007 at 12:00 PM
That's a great penance... You could have been made to read my personal blog, which I hear can be torture. :) posted by
jasonsperber
on Jul 19, 2007 at 11:58 AM
"Digital Media Ninja." Heh. Can I have that on my business cards? posted by
sagefever
on Jul 19, 2007 at 11:53 AM
*hangs head in shame*I have been watching the 23 news as my penance:it's not so bad.....lol
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