I Stepped On A Rattlesnake : The Rattlesnake Mine
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Rattlesnake! This is one of the scariest videos I have ever done, in retrospect. I actually stepped on a Black-tailed rattlesnake late in the evening prior to me filming this video and killed it just outside the mine entrance without even knowing it until I revisited the mine with my brother the next morning. Apparently when I was inspecting the ore cart rail the evening before I stepped on the rattlesnake's head and killed it before it could bite me. I remember hearing a faraway buzzing noise like a bee or a drone, but never realized it was a snake quite literally underfoot! For some reason, I went ahead and explored the mine even though I was fully expecting it to be a den of vipers.
Note: I would never knowingly kill a rattlesnake in the wild.
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I enjoy metal detecting for historical items like gold coins, relics, silver coins, and other buried treasures. I also metal detect for gold and silver nuggets and even meteorites. I like to make videos that promote my choice of lifestyle that includes outdoor adventure, metal detecting, yapping, searching for river treasure, SCUBA diving, exploring abandoned places, hiking, caving, caring for animals and pets, and observing the things outdoors that often go unnoticed by most people who are not familiar with outdoor adventures and nature. I keep my UA-cam "Aquachigger" channel family-friendly and hope you subscribe if you like my style.
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Yep... I stepped on a live rattlesnake.
Did it dieded?
Yes, but did you have your gloves on? Safety first.
Was that really your brother chigg?
It clearly "rattled" you a bit mate!
Poor thing. I hoped you were just being silly and dramatic, but no, that was a dead animal
I was walking down a 1,000 foot cliff to a mining claim when one of the guys behind me who had gone off the path said he almost stepped into a rattlesnake den. I stopped and turned around to listen and when I looked down there was a Northern Pacific rattlesnake a foot from my leg. It wasn't rattling but it was eyeing my leg pretty intently. I took a big drag off my cigarette and tossed it just the other side of the snake. When it turned to look at my cigarette I jumped back. That's the day I consider smoking saved my life.
Those wooden supports are called stulls. Besides holding up loose slabs from falling off the back (ceiling) or ribs (sides) of the adit, their other function is to indicate movement of the slabs. When you see that the wedges have been compressed you know that the slab or fault has moved.
Duck Landes -The Pacific rattlers ain't known for rattling much. My kid was stepping over a wash in Southern Oregon and one struck at him. He jumped out of the way and killed it with a rock. That was on his fifteenth birthday while we were placer mining on the applegate.
@@mikeblair2594: When walking or horse back riding usually the 3rd in line is the worst place to be. The first person or horse walks by and wakes the snake up. The second walks by and makes the snake mad. The third gets bit.
So i was eating dinner at a chow hall in kandahar afghanistan. 2006 i was wantibg desert but decided to just go smoke a ciggerette. As i was walking back to my bhut a 110 mortar smashed into the chowhall killing 13 people. Everybody inside. God saved my life for sure that day with a ciggerette.
There's a mine my girlfriends uncle's took me too. We went in a few hundred feet but it was the sketchiest thing I've ever done. It was definitely old, the timber used for the supports were literal logs. There were rocks that have fallen from the ceiling the size of a school bus. Just overall a horrible decision to even go in. The mine was on the PA, MD border near a town called Hyndman.
I'm glad you didn't get bit , I got bit by a Copper head in 1980 believe me it was no fun! Yeah that mine looks like the whole ceiling is about to collapse glad you made it out safely.
What was the symptoms like? How u survive ?
How the heck have you managed to survive this long Chigg? :)
I'm not even sure Frank at Exploring Abandoned Mines would have goin into that one. The whole roof is on the floor at least a few feet deep and looks sketchy for sure. But glad you did it!
My Missouri Grandfather always said, "God has an appointed time for everyone, but He is always willing to take a few volunteers." You were volunteering today Beau.
Oh, he was right in front of the line saying "me me, pick me". I think that if he donated blood, they'd look at his cells and find "adventure and luck" inscribed on each membrane.
Why don't snakes bite Lawyers ? Professional Courtesy !
I was excited waiting for the wild west videos to come out. I love them. I watch your old arizona and hilltop indian videos all the time.
That is one of the rare mines that should receive a 155 HE direct into the portal, sealing it forever. Actually, I suspect that it would cave it all of the way in.
the portal (entrance) to a mine is typically the weakest area hence all the timbering, also your voice isn't echoing indicating a very fractured and unstable area .cool vid though dude.
Only way a footstep killed that snake is if you were riding an elephant.
Unless he may have done a hard pivot and turn with one boot.
Snakes are pretty fragile. Stepping on them definitely is not good for their longevity
Snakes are very fragile and easy to kill simply stepping on ones head will easily kill one I know because I've stepped on many snake heads.
Is Pete the smart brother. I see he did not go inside
Lmao!
Don't know if you know this or not but there are rattle snakes that have no rattle and some that just don't rattle even though they do have rattles. Glad you didn't go further. That was a dangerous mine.
Ha ha ha...Yoou are charmed. long ago, I had a friend named Chazel. We were building my boat. Chazel kept his hand tools in an old car parked ( up on blocks) in the back yard, near where the boat was... well, I saw Chazel stop and make a serious face, then he stomped the copperhead that was ready to strike him. I heard Chazel go " hmmph..." and he came on over to the boat with the tools. My friend was 75 years old and tougher than any man I have ever known even though he had been crippled by tuberculosis surgery back in the 1940's. later when we were done for the day, Chazel tossed that snake into the burn barrel. Never said another word about it. I am glad you were telling the story about the snake you killed, instead of the snake telling his buddies about the Chigg he killed. Right on, Smiling, George.
That snake done dieded. Seems to have been stamped on by a Samsquanch. Or maybe a Chigsquanch. ✌
It is neat to see places you take us! Please don't do something just for us. If you are uncomfortable, don't do it.
He's the oldest kid on UA-cam...... I assure ypu he does it because he freaking loves it!!
@@jamessteven711 Yeah, he'll do anything lol
Anything for views. It's all about money.
Another great episode. Thank you for sharing with us 🤜🤛
Definitely not a mine to go into. That ceiling was a death trap.
It's not just the snakes, there's also scorpions and spiders... They don't give any warning.
Nooooo... This is the most adventurous stuff I've ever seen on YT... I am so happy I found you. You are crazy... Love it.
Friendly heads up, please don't assume rattle snakes *always* rattle a warning.
Used to rock hunt in the Mojave, you are better off tossing a spray of small gravel than one big rock. Often they will remain motionless and try to stay hidden unless they are truly threatened. Single rocks fall all the time, not too scary, but being hit by a pebble will make them move. FYI
I was thinking the same thing while I held my breath thinking his big rocks would just piss one off.
Rattlesnakes aren't that bad Chigg, I sleep beside one every night!
Coming into the snakes home, stepping on it. Poor snake. Watch where you walk Chigg.
Lol
Caught up on the first episode of River hunters series 2 tonight, I love to see you exploring my home in Scotland ❤️ thank you for always fascinating me with your work
Yes ! It is great Beau came here , I hope he will come back . I have watched him on YT for years and was delighted to find out he has been all over the Uk but especially Scotland 😁
I was a Hot-Shot Fire fighter and we were in the book cliffs in utah and one of the fire fighters was bitten by a rattler and he hiked out 3 miles!
I would say you have a guardian angel my friend. that's usually how people get bitten. by accidentally walking up on 1. the odds you'd step on him and kill him without him at least getting a bite of are minimal. youre very lucky ole chigg. I'm happy you're ok. keep up the great vids.
The stulls looks awfully short for a stoped out area near the portal. I’d be looking for dwarfs if I were you. 😊
Nah, they just back filled it. That's a dead mine, or someone protecting their claim.
@@aserta I was being sarcastic 😁
That story is horrifying. I think it’s more horrifying to know now that you may have killed it yesterday but didn’t know than seeing a live one. Not a snake fan at all.
The things you do for us chigg! Glad you’re safe from the snakes! 🐍
Yikes Chigg!! I was wondering where this was filmed, there was nothing in the description and it looks to be out west somewhere. I've come across rattlers several times while hiking and my husband just saved me from stepping on one , one time. We were coming down a steep trail one afternoon very quickly when my husband suddenly jerked me back from behind. He saw what I didn't, laying across the trail in a shadow was a huge Rattlesnake I was just about to step on. Whew! That was close!
At the 1:00 mark your mention of the lichens make me wonder if those "patterns" were following some petroglyphs UNDER the lichens and defining the patterns shown. Just a thought.
How darn lucky are you lol! Not only step on one without getting hurt but to step on his head so he can't hurt you and not even know you did it!!!
You are crazy Chigg I was on edge of my seat watching only for snakes 🐍 nothing else. Lol 😂
You're a braver man than me, Mister Chiggles!
I once stepped on a snake, but it was fine. I gave it a beer and we both settled our differences.
You take more chances than I ever would.
Great adventure thanks chigg, love the orange olight marauder 2 torch I have it in blue they are super bright for you're awesome adventures 👍
Aqua chigger . Wow cool interesting content 👍🐾🦊🇮🇹🇬🇧
Good reason to always carry a mouse in your pocket went explorering old mines! Lol
Just saw an advert on the TV (UK) and thought... I recognise that face and it was you! Guess I've got something new to watch.
My claustrophobic fears had settled a bit....until!! CHIGG HAD TO POST ANOTHER CAVE VIDEO!! Haha...I know, I don't have to watch...but, it's Chigg!! Get back into the rivers friend!!
I've a friend who did the "states" drive around, and in one of his treks away from the car, well, lucky bastard stepped on a rattlesnake, actual full on step. Rattlesnake just wakes up (we think it was sleeping) and hisses, my friend was frozen, so barely removed his leg off, and then the rattle snake just hissed again and meandered away.
I would've never believed his story, but both his brother and his So were there. If it were me, i'd get in the car, drive to the nearest lottery point and pick up a high pot, because that's just pure luck that day was.
Chig sees 1 snake and has nightmares about it for 7 consecutive years
Forgot to add on my other comments that that rattler looks like a Mohave Green Rattlesnake. Pretty darn aggressive rattler.
“Crotalus scutulatus is a highly venomous pit viper species found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and central Mexico. It is perhaps best known for its potent neurotoxic-hemotoxic venom, which is considered one of the world's most potent rattlesnake venoms”. Wikipedia
Looks perfectly safe, especially the shoring. The braces were obviously built by a veteran mining engineer.
Yeah right! Looks like a fool and his apprentice mine to me! It looks like limestone death
Snakes are cold blooded so generally won't chill inside mines much past entrance. Too cool in there. They prefer basking in the sun. Anyway, I came across a medium small rattler on some railroad tracks about 100 yards from a tunnel. It gave us plenty of warning shaking it's tail loudly from at least 25 feet away. We decided to go the other way.
Love your ADVENTURES Love you to MR CHiGG 😁😁😁😁😁
Yes beau new river hunters season 2 has started here in the U.K. now about to watch it
You said that collapsed area was bad and you weren't going up there, then you went in there! Be safe!
Chigg,
I hope you never become a RIP.
Cheers,
Rik
That was too dangerous, and never mind the snakes, the loose stones would been your demise
Chigg, I hope you gathered some Ore Samples to smash and pan? Cool mine site. Glad that snake didn't get ya
Looks like a wall that they used in the TV series Longmire. A lot of it was filmed in Arizona.It was called Hector's wall. People who needed help left messages there for him.
That’s what always bugs me when ridge walking. You poke your head into tiny holes that are frequently snake dens. Sometimes you can’t see anything but they might be a few yards in to keep cool and it takes climbing in to find out.
Chigg is from the Virginia/Maryland area. There are rattlesnakes there also. I'm sure he has come across many in his travels.
*Three separate holes in case your main entrance caves in!*
get in that mine Chigg! just kidding. stay out of that death trap!!
You do know that with the invasion of the feral hogs that rattlers are learning not to rattle. The hogs will eat the snakes, so the snakes are adapting to the no rattle mode.
Be safe Chigg and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Another "Aye Yai Yai" moment in the adventures of Mr. Aquachigger. Myself, I’m not here for gold and treasure, I’m here for the wobbly kitten.
Crazy, pure crazy Chigg
Oh light makes some great lights that go on your head for cave exploration or for any dark aria that you need both hands.
Drone, Bee , Rattler.
Who can tell the difference 😁
While you may have stepped on the snake, I believe it probably expired after swallowing a too-large meal that it could neither digest normally nor regurgitate. It looks bottom-heavy. When snakes leave winter brumation, they will occasionally prey on animals too large. Depending on what the prey is, the snake's stomach or digestive tract can tear. This kills snakes in the wild all the time. Since snakes require environmental warmth to digest their prey, a few cold nights, or days, could also have contributed to its death. The snake is a yellow-phase black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus), about a year and a half old.
Thanks Beau! Another fun one!
Just remember, snakes live under rocks too lol
Nope, ain't no way I would crawl into that.
If you your Mrs., has a life insurance policy on you Chig, check and see what is says about reptile bites! Lol!😅
This mine is back filled. A lot of the stuff in the back is collapse, but all the small stuff, that's hand thrown in there.
Afraid of snakes but not about terribly small, enclosed spaces....lol🤔 Love it!
Your in good company, remember Indiana Jones suffered from a fear of snakes 🐍. The more you think about how lucky you were stepping on that thing, you guardian angle must have been working overtime. Thanks for sharing this adventure with us, glad you made it back safe, keep safe and good healthy to you
The markings on the rock at the start are very similar to "Cup and ring marks" I live near some in the North East of England. The ones near me are thought to be neolithic. But similar things have been found in America
never thought i would want to see topgg this bad pew!
Your not too chicken Chig, you've a a thing for caves.
"Look at the bones!" Was that a Monty Python reference?
"What? Behind the rabbit?"
Chigg, you were DANG lucky you killed it the first night, but even so, you would have been more lucky if the rattlesnake hightailed it out of there. Hightailed with rattles singing.
Just seen new series of river hunters great find with the grenade only 2nd piece ever well done cant wait for rest of finds.
man you COULDNT PAY ME ANY AMOUNT OF $$ to even go in a desert!!!!!!! cant believe you did that!!!!!!!! glad your safe!!!!
When there are piles of loose rocks on the floor means they fall from the roof.you beaver than me.lol
Thanks chigg looking forward to your new uk series river hunting 👍
I had a cat that threw a baby rattler in bed with me. I kept throwing it outside. I worked nights. I finally opened my eyes enough to realize that it had a brown pattern. I got out my chart of the 13 rattle snakes in TX. Yeah that woke me right up!!! I put the snake in a plastic bag and called animal control. My cat poked enough holes in the bag that the snake survived. Animal control never came. I ran over it with my car. This snake was poisonous even though it was too young to have rattles. I was concerned because there were small kids in the neighborhood.
You're crazy dude! After the snake I'd be like, Nope!!
You're nuts. I do enjoy your videos. You do a good job.
Dangerous! Glad you got out.
You scare the hell out of me,
Going in caves an mines..
+Do you not know that you cut a rattlers head off and bury it. The fangs are still full of venom. They can also still bite for a good time after they are dead.
You are nutz ! And brave , that cave is the last place I would want to go into 1st off 2nd a cave full of rattlesnakes. Not my idea of a good time. But I would have wanted to see the Den if you had found it !
Snakes. Nope. Not for all the u tubers ever!!! Glad you’re ok.
Dude! You got lucky. Rattlers are no joke. Do you think that the fire had a part in the partial collapse of the mine?
Gotta be careful out there Chug. "Dirty hands, are happy hands" 😉 👍
C'MON man! Your better than click bait, aren't ya?
THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT!!🐍🥾
You're a little crazy
A lot crazy! His Curiosity gets the best of him.
Didn't know you had a Brother or any other siblings....? If a Snake (rattler) bites ya, ya got 1 hour to get to the Hospital.....! Remember that...... =)
Awww is Aquachigger afraid of snakes 😂🤣
I think I saw a urine stain on his pants lol
That big rock looks like a headstone.
How many times do you get yelled at you Lindsay once you get home after she has watched what you have been up to? Lol
I think that snake was in the mine and got smashed in the head when the ceiling caved in on it. Then it crawled out and died.
You having a road trip in Arizona again?
Please, pretty please... road trip videos while you are travelling would be more than cool.
What state are you in ? Arizona . You have 3 brothers ?