I was up on the ladder mending a gutter a year back, and when I came back there was a young diamondback soaking up the warmth on the concrete about three feet from the foot of the ladder. So I called my wife and I sez, "This here is a diamondback rattler, innit?" Well she looks, and then runs inside to look it up on Google, and comes back to confirm, yes it is. I was problemated about what to do, but I realized if I chased it off, it could show up in a neighbors yard and bite their dog or somp'n. So I reached over for a shovel I had nearby, and clipped its head off. I was orful sorry, but ya know, ya gotta think of the people...




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