August 23, 2010 3:22 PM EDT
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A 79-year-old Sheboygan woman who couldn't find any
help when a rattlesnake showed up on her patio said it was no big deal taking
matters into her own hands. Margaret Street said she used an ice chopper
to kill the snake with three cuts behind the head.
She made some calls hoping to find someone who could help her. She said when
that failed she killed the snake because she was afraid it could hurt
someone at a nearby elementary school.
Dale Katsma, with the state Department of Natural Resources, said the
massasauga rattlesnake is endangered in Wisconsin, but photos suggest
this was a prairie rattlesnake, which isn't endangered or native to the area.
He told The Sheboygan Press the snake may have been aboard a train
bringing materials to a local salvage yard.
She probably hunts bear in the winter with a willow switch, too.
Why would a snake be carrying materials to a salvage yard?
Really...like how many cans can a snake carry?
That's funny.
> Why would a snake be carrying materials to a salvage yard?
Snake can't earn a livin?
Endangered or not if its endangering me (or family), no quest on who wins that one. Good for ice-chopper granny! 😀
What's an ice chopper?
> What's an ice chopper?
It's like a straight hoe.
Oh wait, you were joking, right?
Radar
It's not nice to talk about old ladies like that.
Snake Cartoon
Reminds me of this cartoon a certain surveyor drew...;-)
Southern Fried Snake
Ingredients:
😉 1 rattlesnake, sliced into 4 in. sections
😉 1 cup buttermilk
😉 1 cup cornmeal
😉 ½ cup flour
😉 Salt and pepper to taste
😀 Dash of lemon pepper
:-O Smidgen of Tabasco sauce (optional)
Method:
Clean the rattlesnake by removing the head, guts, skin, and rattles. Cut into 4 inch sections. Make batter with buttermilk, cornmeal, flower, salt, pepper, lemon pepper, and Tabasco. Dip 4 inch rattlesnake sections into batter and deep fry until golden brown. Best when served with homemade creamed taters and white beans with onions, fried okra, fried zucchini and cornbread.
Serve hot with copious quantities of COLD BEER.:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:
Southern Fried Snake
Do you wait until the individual pieces stop squirming?
Southern Fried Snake
lol...just like any roadkill...the fresher the better...
best not wait for good meat to go bad...even cornmeal nor deep frying won't help once its gone stale...
DDSM
(oh...you were joking...lol)
Southern Fried Snake
Uncle Dan, that is just...NASTAY!! :-O :-S
Although I'd eat snake before rat!! 🙂
Southern Fried Snake
Rattlesnake with Pork & Beans is the best campfire dinner I've ever had.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm..good!
Southern Fried Snake
I once bludgeoned a snake to death with my husbands 9 iron in our den.
Ah the joys of living in a 200 year old house.
So That Is Where Erin Got The Idea
Julie, since she used your idea on her snake husband you should be entitled to a share of her $150 million settlement.
Paul in PA
So That Is Where Erin Got The Idea
> Julie, since she used your idea on her snake husband you should be entitled to a share of her $150 million settlement.
>
> Paul in PA
Sounds good to me, where do I sign up 😉
