[at-l] Re: (at-l) Leeches??? (and Roaches)

[nealb@midlandstech.com (William Neal)]

On the AT one time, I was being a good citizen and picking up others' trash.
I saw lots of pop top pulls along one section.  I saw one down in a crevice
and started to pick it up and it rattled at me.  Can you say LEVITATE!  

I thought it was a pop top pull.  Must have just been shiny scales 'cause
the Boy Scout troop that I play leap frog with along that section told me
about the "giant" rattler that the Scoutmaster tossed down the mountainside.
"It wasn't but about 6 feet long," he said.  

After this thread we may have a more deserted trail.
-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Booher [mailto:lwbooher@halifax.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:12 PM
To: Amy Friends Stone; KellyGoVols@aol.com; at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] Re: (at-l) Leeches??? (and Roaches)


Y'all ever watched a snake climb a tree?  Doesn't it make you wonder if
they're up there above you head as you walk underneath?  anklebear

----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Friends Stone <sandpiperhiker@yahoo.com>
To: <KellyGoVols@aol.com>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Re: (at-l) Leeches??? (and Roaches)


> Kelly, I just moved here to SC... our Palmetto bugs
> aren't quite as big as what you're describing, but
> even so I have the same reaction you do.  One time
> when my husband & I were out kayaking, and he needed
> pit stop, we put in a little close to a tree (ok,
> well, we were under the thing, but there weren't many
> options) - dozens of spiders fell out into the kayak
> and all over us.  My reaction was nothing compared to
> those Palmettos.  (I even rescued a bunch of the
> spiders - Yakpack laughs about it still - he was
> stomping them.)
>
> Sandpiper
>
>
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