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Figarosmom

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5. Yeah, I've come across rattlers and water

Reply to Intractable (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:29 PM

11 hrs ago

Moccasins on fishing vacations. And once a copperhead while picking wild blackberries in a big bramble on my greatgrand parents land near Cheat Mountain in West Virginia. That was scary because my Uncle grabbed me and pulled me back real quick and just in time before I would have stepped on it.

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