It's amazing what record flooding will drive up into your yard.
![[Image: Flood_Snake.PNG]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OuG9kzcSKuQ/T-y5Ib-QDCI/AAAAAAAAATk/oHu2CZ84lHI/s617/Flood_Snake.PNG)
My friends & I were about 15' away from this guy when I realized that buzzing sound wasn't a cicada. That's a 5 1/2' Timber Rattlesnake.
A few pics of my backyard. The river is usually 100 yards northeast of where it is in these photos.
![[Image: IMG_2280.JPG]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-id8kHtFdRwU/T-xGONUmZ0I/AAAAAAAAAR0/oaaaPjJCUDw/s617/IMG_2280.JPG)
![[Image: IMG_0492.jpg]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iqoK-vg2B34/T-xKwkvri-I/AAAAAAAAASU/5r0sAnpniII/s617/IMG_0492.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_0501.jpg]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fFVBRCWfEgg/T-xKxW7k57I/AAAAAAAAAS8/5NvAsbg_aww/s617/IMG_0501.jpg)
Mr. Rattlesnake was between those two trees when he lost his head.
My friends & I were about 15' away from this guy when I realized that buzzing sound wasn't a cicada. That's a 5 1/2' Timber Rattlesnake.
A few pics of my backyard. The river is usually 100 yards northeast of where it is in these photos.
![[Image: IMG_0492.jpg]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iqoK-vg2B34/T-xKwkvri-I/AAAAAAAAASU/5r0sAnpniII/s617/IMG_0492.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_0501.jpg]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fFVBRCWfEgg/T-xKxW7k57I/AAAAAAAAAS8/5NvAsbg_aww/s617/IMG_0501.jpg)
Mr. Rattlesnake was between those two trees when he lost his head.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal