Snake!

Fuck that shit! Hell no. I hate rattlesnakes. They occasionally find ones that size in California.

Where I live now only has rattlesnakes in the lower elevations (most of the mountains above town are too cold for rattlesnakes), but the ones we do have are mean. I had one try to strike my Jeep the other month.

Yep thats a big one. Seen one rattlesnake when i was a kid that was hanging over the hood of a 4x4 and touching the ground on both ends. The rangers at eglin afb didnt believe us when we told em we found it on the reservation

We got em all over on my farm. I carry a shotgun everytime I go fishing.  But thankfully I've never seen one that big.

Once, I ran over one in the road leading to my house.  I knew I'd hurt it but didn't kill it.  I got out of the truck, grabbed a two-by-four from the back and took one step toward the snake.  It was about 5 ft long and had a head maybe 2 or 3 inches wide with a velvety surface.  It rattled its tail one time and I just got back in my truck and drove home.     Scared me.