Susan: I don't know what's freaking me out more, the fact that you had to deal with rattlesnakes in your family's backyard or that you were 5 yards away from one near the FLDS ranch. I can handle a few garden snakes here and there but rattlesnacks? You are a brave woman!

Take Care!

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

Susan

First I hope you got away from that snake. Second, I read Carolyn Jessop's book Escape over the weekend and probably the real rattlesnakes in that compound are the men and the overriding specter of Warren Jeffs. And these human rattlesnakes are just as deadly and fear provoking as the reptile variety.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

Poisonous snakes and poisonous religions seems to go together.

FYI: The "old school" snakebite kits require you to use your mouth to suction out the blood and venom from the bite. The kits used now include a small suction cup so suctioning by mouth is no longer necessary.

Here in the Southwest, rattlesnake festivals are very popular. My family does to one of those every year and there is another family that always goes with us. The festival is in New Mexico and is referred to as the "Rattlesnake Roundup."

Here is where it gets interesting....my mother and the guy (the father/husband of the family that goes with us) always have a competition to see who can "round up" a set amount of rattlesnakes by hand the fastest. Yes, with bare hands! When they do this the respective spouses (my father and the mother/wife of the other family) watch with awe and horror. We kids prefer not to look and we all try to dissuade them from grabbing the snakes, but it never works. Neither my mother nor the guy has ever been bit and my mother usually wins.

Have you ever tasted snake? I have and it tastes like chicken- really.

Hmpf.

Rattlesnake bites are very rarely lethal.

Those old kits like the one you describe are actually worse than the bite itself.

Besides, rattlesnake is good eatin'.

Anderson i love your show, however your questions to your expert about barack obama seems very biased and leading to your viewer, how about more indepth coverage of hilary clinton and bill's coments.
also lanny davis is very quick to link barack to comments about rev wright and at the same time trying to praised clinton while ignoring her comments and you and your moderators just let him continue to blab away. this is a completely turn off.

The rattlesnakes are the only witnesses to what goes on out there apparently. I do not understand why children who are cutoff from normal social interactions are not checked periodically to see if they are safe, properly socialized. A child could be fodder for the snakes, and who would know?