The Texanist
March 3, 2019
The Texanist: Why Are People Telling Me Not to Kill the Copperheads on My Property?
A newcomer to East Texas thinks it’s fine to dispatch venomous snakes on sight.
A newcomer to East Texas thinks it’s fine to dispatch venomous snakes on sight.
Plus, a woman unexpectedly gave birth to quadruplets.
A nightmarish tale. Er, head.
My cat was a fearless hunter who stalked the countryside—until she squared off with a rattlesnake.
Miss Texas skinned a rattlesnake, and a Texas legislative candidate accepted some very bizarre campaign contributions.
My short, unfulfilling, momentarily terrifying career as a rattlesnake racer.
Nothing riles a Texan like a rattlesnake, whose aggression and toxicity account for endless horror stories. Some of them are even true.