[pct-l] Snakes and Sleeping Bags

[kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kevin Corcoran)]

I've heard that tale too but I've never heard of it actually
happening.  Nor with any other reptiles.  And I've been a desert
camper (sans tent) for 20 years.
Although, one time on a cold autumn night a lost or feral kitten
squeezed itself into my bag.  He purred, warmed up, then left after
awhile. He wasn't anywhere to be seen in the morning.

Kevin Corcoran


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>At a small AT '94 reunion this past weekend [on snowy Wyoming's
>Grays River, one topic
>discussed included snakes in general, and rattlers in particular.  One
>participant claimed to have second-hand knowledge of two cases where a rattler
>would crawl into an occupied sleeping bag to get warm.  Since many, if not
>most PCT and CDT hikers don't use tents in the desert portions of these trails
>and I've never seen mention of anything like this occuring on this or the CDT
>list, I assume that it's an old wives ... uh ... make that old hikers tale.
>Anyone have any first-hand experience with snakes crawling into a bag to get
>warm
>Thanks, Blaze