Texas homeowner saw a 'few' rattlesnakes and called for help.

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Quote:A Texas homeowner saw a 'few' rattlesnakes and called for help.
The removal company found 45 of them

Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Published 1:16 a.m. ET March 20, 2019 | Updated 8:30 a.m. ET March 20, 2019

Texas homeowners thought there were a few snakes under their home, but a snake removal company soon recorded video of their hours-long work to remove 45 rattlesnakes from under the house.

The video was shot near Abilene, Texas, on March 13, Nathan Hawkins — owner of Big Country Snake Removal — told USA TODAY in a series of Facebook messages on Tuesday.

The company posted the nearly 18-minute long video to Facebook on Sunday, and it has been viewed more than 300,000 times there. It shows Hawkins and a partner working to remove snake after snake from a cramped space under the home.

The company's Facebook post says the owner discovered a "few" snakes while attempting to fix a TV or cable issue under the home. When Big Country Snake Removal arrived, they found a well-kept yard and a neat house.

The company warned that many homeowners "don’t think it can happen to them." But "rattlesnakes don’t care how nice your house is or what kind car you drive- they care simply about survival."

The video shows Hawkins using an extended tool to pick up the snakes. As he does, the reptiles react — sometimes using their rattles, sometimes slithering away, sometimes showing their fangs.

Video shot by Big Country Snake Removal's Nathan Hawkins on March 13 near Abilene, Texas shows the company removing dozens of snakes from beneath a home.

While the video has gained media attention, Hawkins said in a written message that the company regularly deals with similar situations: "This is nothing. We do this all the time."

The largest snake removed from the premises was 5 1/2 feet long, according to Hawkins.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...use/3220089002/

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Originally Posted By: GCHow does that happen?

Well, Gary, it's been a much darker and colder winter than usual in Texas this year, and there just wasn't much else to do, even if you're a snake.
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Clarence
 
Wouldn't it just be easier to set the house on fire than to crawl under there with dem snakes?
 
Looked like a newer home, probably built over old den site. Snakes return to their same den site year after year like the swallows of San Juan Capistrano
 
That injun's plum nuts, Jeremy!
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I started hunting on a ranch in Jim Hogg/Starr counties in the late 60's. Rattlesnakes were in good supply and quite large. Killed one that hung a foot or better off both sides of the tailgate of my Chevy 1500 and a lot more over 5' over the 25 years I hunted there.

We killed more rattlers in camp than out in the pastures, probably because there were several old buildings that were vacant except during hunting season and were populated with both rats and snakes during off season.

There was an old (masonite) travel trailer sitting on it's frame that one of the older hunters slept in as did I when my trailer was not in camp.......until I watched a 4.5-5' rattler slither under the trailer one day. I had seen mice in there on occasion and if a mouse can get in............ From that time on, I slept in my pickup topper or my trailer only.

Snakes seemed to gravitate to my life long hunting buddy. The stories I could tell, but will limit myself to the best one.
He and I were running a lawn mower and clearing out the knee high grass in preparation for opening weekend. It was a warm day and I was walking directly behind my friend, through some high grass when he screamed like a little girl and, I'll swear, jumped 3' flat footed, then did a jig that would have made Fred Astaire proud as he dropped his trousers. The finale was performed by a large (8-10") Texas Spiny Swift tree lizard jumped out of his britches! The lizard somehow had run all the way up his leg inside his pants leg. I can't remember ever laughing so hard in my life. He didn't think it was nearly as funny as I did, however

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hm
 
That is my living nightmare right there. My skin is crawling just thinking of those things occupying the same living space as me. I don't have a problem with any other creature on this planet but snakes and I mean any snake scares me to death. I don't know why and I don't have any real interest to find out why.
 
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