Rednecks and Rattlesnakes

[nissangirl74]

"The Annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up" is hosted yearly in Sweetwater in west Texas over the second weekend in March....welcomes some 40,000 visitors. The inaugural event was held in 1958, and 2003 marked the first festival at which no one was snake-bitten....The event commences on a Thursday with a parade through the downtown area, followed that evening by a Miss Snake Charmer Pageant held in the Sweetwater Municipal Auditorium. ...Snake wranglers enter the pit and walk among the diamondbacks, passing them out one by one to staffers that first milk them, then kill, skin and fry them or hold them back for living sale...A separate building adjacent to the coliseum hosts countless vendor stalls, all selling rattlesnake skins, stuffed rattlesnakes, knives with rattlesnake-head handles and festival T-shirts. There is also a gun and knife show, and beer for sale. Outside, a barbecue cook-off -- fried pork rinds are a big favorite -- enhances the carnival. More beer tents round out the experience....

Someone needs to attend this and report back. If I wasn't so scared of them, I'd put this on my list of things to see before I die.


also, F this. Check out the Pit. I would s*** myself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... oxd3YRTris

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Yeah that pit is a thing of nightmares but I f*** LOVE me some fried rattlesnake.

[Jesda]

Gun show, knife show, fried food, and barbecue? I guess if I pretend the town isn't one giant snake pit I could do it.

Admittedly, I'd like to see someone get bit.

[Ace2cool]

Yeah, there's a reason my dad and I carry handguns with rat shot in the woods, and it's not for rats. That's a whole load of NOPE if you ask me.

[DJ_B_Easy]

I think I'm more afraid of the people hosting the event than I am of the snakes.

[numbnuts240]

if i were local i'd be all over it.

also was reminded of this gem

[Mr1der]

Oh man, I forgot about whacking day!

[Dattebayo]

BBQ snake and beer is pretty damn good, but all the snake handling (and most likely the pentecostal stuff that comes with it) and pageant stuff sounds like a big slice of hell...