Rattlesnake on the tarp!!!!!

[Laz777]

out on the river last saturday night, looking up at the stars pondering nothing.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
that's the sound I heard. wtf is that? I pondered.
not for long.
slithering past me and up into the rocks was a rattler, only the 6th I've seen out here in 3 summers, but less than 1 foot from me.
I almost shizzed my shorts.

[dmac]

rattlesnake is good eating!

[TheWindAndRain]

You ate that snake? Rattlesnake meat is a little too rubbery for my taste.

[brotherjohn]

That could ruin a ponder free night for sure

[Nickhitch]

Oh hell, I remember the first time I came face to face with a rattlesnake, it was something like this

Brother: Hey I'm back.
Me: Cool can I have my keys?
Brother: Sure but dont take off yet.
Me: ... Why?
Brother: Follow me.
Me "shrug"
Brother: Oh shizz the bucket is tipped over.
Me: Bucket???
Rattlesnake: Bstststststststststststsststsssssss a foot away from me level with my torso as i lean against my truck
Me: Get the dacbdc; snake out of my dacbdc; truck..
-.-

2 nights later: This is pretty good!

[jimsjazzz]

slithering past me and up into the rocks was a rattler, only the 6th I've seen out here in 3 summers,

Laz, where were you (besides the land of Nod)?

[Laz777]

slithering past me and up into the rocks was a rattler, only the 6th I've seen out here in 3 summers,

Laz, where were you (besides the land of Nod)?

the south fork of the Yuba river, somewhere near Nevada City, California.