I walked into woods with dozens of deadly rattlesnakes and lived to tell about it
Jacob Oliver, a Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission waterways conservation officer trainee, holds a timber rattlesnake secured in a plastic tube for safety during a field outing May 1 in Clearfield County. Biologist Sam Hall is at left.
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May 21, 2025

I walked into woods with dozens of deadly rattlesnakes and lived to tell about it

There was no time, really, to question whether this was a good idea. Thursday, May 1, I found myself...
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