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Wayne Baxter: Rattlesnakes and Me We have the picture of one of Wayne Baxter's latest Rattlesnake encounters. It was nothing new to him. Growing up on Meredith Creek in Monroe County, it was common to see one or two every year. He had a dog who was quick as a mongoose at killing rattlers - and one not so clever. He himself learne to smell rattlesnakes. He learned that spooked mules were a fair indicators of the sometimes deadly snakes. And that picture of the snake out for a swim in the Cumberland - that was right above our Crocus Creek , in the Cumberland County. Click on headline to read complete story. SNAKE PHOTO Warning. Scrolling to the end of the page will access a photo of a beautiful 42 inch Timber Rattler Crossing the Cumberland River!!!! By Wayne Baxter My first encounter with a rattlesnake happened before I am able to remember it. I heard my mother relate the time her toddler was barely old enough to play outside alone. She heard the chickens in the yard making a spooky sound they made only when danger was nearby. She rushed outside and her fear was accurate. There was a big rattlesnake in the yard. On Meredith Creek in Monroe County, rattlesnakes were common On the farm where we lived on Meredith Creek in Monroe County, we would usually kill two or three rattlesnakes every summer. No one got bitten, but we had a dog that came home with it's head swelled up like a pumpkin. It recovered. We suspected that it had met up with a rattlesnake. We had another dog named Tony, that would catch and kill rattlers without getting bitten. He would bark at them, fake like he was going to lunge at them, then jerk back when the snake would strike. Before the snake could recoil for another strike, Tony had it by the neck in a violent shaking fit that rendered it quickly dead. Autopsy of rattlesnake rendeer deceased revealed recent dietary history Once we encountered a large rattler near the livestock barn that had a big knot near its mid-section. It turned out to be a large rat. Another time we were plowing with a pair of mules up in the Long Holler when the mules kinda spooked and kept shying away from a brushy spot at the edge of the woods. My uncle said there must be a rattlesnake in there. He was right. The autopsy revealed that the large bulge in its mid section was the result of its having swallowed a fully grown grey squirrel. The ability to smell rattlers pays off I developed the ability to smell rattlesnakes. One day about half way between the house and tobacco barn I suddenly told my dad "I smell a rattlesnake." I finally convinced him and started moving a pile of poles nearby, the only place where a snake could be hiding. He found a big rattler. Wanted closer look at Cumberland swimmer; but fellow traveler afraid of it My latest encounter with a rattler was on July 20, 2006. Bobby Davis and I were fishing for trout, trolling up Cumberland River in Cumberland County. Just above Crocus Creek, I saw a snake swimming from the left toward the right bank. Upon closer inspection I made the attached picture of what I estimated to be a 42 inch timber rattler. I planned to linger and get some more pictures of the snake after it got to the shore but then I realized Davis was deathly scared of snakes and was about to leave the area regardless of what I and the boat did. Since the rattler was no threat to me or mine, we each went happily on our way, something I never would have considered doing sixty some years ago and fifty miles down the river. - Wayne Baxter This story was posted on 2013-06-10 17:03:54
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