Landfill/Maverick. Went out this evening with the intention of doing the full landfill route but a couple ladies stopped me at the top of the trail and said there was a rattlesnake on the trail. I had my light so I wasnt to worried but told them Id be careful and thanked them. Got down where they said it was so I slowed down and looked carefully. Still didnt see it and when it rattled it scared the living crap out of me and I screamed like a girl. He wasnt interested in fighting as he just pulled his head back and didnt coil up at all then started on his way up the trail. I was super jumpy the rest of the way to the dump and decided to just turn around and finish my run on the parkway. Ran into a couple that was coming down the trail on the way back and asked them if they had seen the snake. She said she jumped when she heard it but never saw it and he didnt believe that she had heard one. So they where lucky she didnt get bit. Checked but didnt see it on the way out of the canyon. Thats the second one this summer on that trail and both when the moon was full. Crazy snakes.
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