Re: "yikes"
Most times rattlesnake encounters are in dry area with sage brush, rocks and tree trunks. A sound practice is to never step over rocks and tree trunks in rattler snake country, always step onto the object, look and then step down.
As I started this post, I said, "Most times.....". Sometimes you can encounter them in wet areas tool. I had one of those encounters just north of Rose Valley dam years ago.
The Kettle Valley railroad bed in the area of Arawana above Naramata had a fairly abundant supply years ago.
My dad told me that when the WKP was putting a new line into Oliver from the east, they brought it through a rock bluff area where rattlesnakes were so plentiful, you could smell the pungent odor of reptiles.
One of the kids I knew was bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking up Penticton Creek, I think it was somewhere near the RB Guest Ranch or golf course as it is last time I looked. Funny thing, the only supply of serum was kept in Kamloops which created some critical wait time for John. He recovered, I can't remember how bad the bite got. I think one of his buddies did the cut and suck on the wound. I think it was around the knee area, good thing it wasn't higher, he probably would have died.
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