I Stepped On A Rattlesnake : The Rattlesnake Mine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 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 TH-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.
Why don't snakes bite Lawyers ? Professional Courtesy !
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.
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.
That snake done dieded. Seems to have been stamped on by a Samsquanch. Or maybe a Chigsquanch. ✌
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.
Another great episode. Thank you for sharing with us 🤜🤛
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 😁
Definitely not a mine to go into. That ceiling was a death trap.
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 TH-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.
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!
It's not just the snakes, there's also scorpions and spiders... They don't give any warning.
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!
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 😁
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.
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
You are crazy Chigg I was on edge of my seat watching only for snakes 🐍 nothing else. Lol 😂
Good reason to always carry a mouse in your pocket went explorering old mines! Lol
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
You take more chances than I ever would.
Snakes. Nope. Not for all the u tubers ever!!! Glad you’re ok.
Thanks chigg looking forward to your new uk series river hunting 👍
Just remember, snakes live under rocks too lol
You're crazy dude! After the snake I'd be like, Nope!!
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
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
Afraid of snakes but not about terribly small, enclosed spaces....lol🤔 Love it!
That was too dangerous, and never mind the snakes, the loose stones would been your demise
Your not too chicken Chig, you've a a thing for caves.
You having a road trip in Arizona again?
Please, pretty please... road trip videos while you are travelling would be more than cool.
Awww is Aquachigger afraid of snakes 😂🤣
I think I saw a urine stain on his pants lol
Nice video as usual, i feel that the mine has been filled in to stop people going in to it... otherwise it should have been more ceiling gone.
But all supports where there. If you could crawl a little bit further it should clear up.
cheers from Sweden Eric
When there are piles of loose rocks on the floor means they fall from the roof.you beaver than me.lol
C'MON man! Your better than click bait, aren't ya?
"Look at the bones!" Was that a Monty Python reference?
"What? Behind the rabbit?"
What region are you in? That looks like a black tail rattler. But it lacks a black tail.
Those stacked rocks are gobbing put there by the miners to support the road
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.
Does anyone know what camera and mic Chigg uses?
Lucky lucky Mr chiggs 😜👍
Glad there is at least one member of your family with good sense. Just think how lucky you were to step on the one safe spot around that snake! But you should say your prayers that you don't come afoul of a Hoopsnake! No surviving that with no trees in that area.
I love your videos keep up good work I used live in the country town call Patagonia Arizona I almost got bit about three times by a rattlesnake my friend kill one on his chair he cook it for dinner it chicks like chicken good eating
Take the rattle Chigg, "You keep what you kill".
Yep they don't rattle anymore..... Or rattle right off the bat if ya get to close....you can thank the wild hogs for that😕 crazy I know!
Hey man thank you for the video I enjoyed it but I know you didn't and ask for that rattlesnake I think it was already dead before you stepped on it because if it was alive more than likely if you would have gotten that close to it would have bitten you and the reason why it was not stiff it's because it's warm out there it takes a while for that to happen or it could have slowly died but I don't know exactly that is just my opinion like I said I could be wrong
Luck level 10 + Wild Wasteland
Hear any Tommyknockers??
You are better entertainment alive than dead. Stick to caves and metal detecting:)
I think you were in a stope and not a drift.
Amazing
I dont mind snakes if their nonvemonous like black rats when it comes too ratterlers and copperheads well forget that im gone
How the heck have you managed to survive this long Chigg? :)
Is Pete the smart brother. I see he did not go inside
Lmao!
You're a little crazy
A lot crazy! His Curiosity gets the best of him.
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.
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 ?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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...... =)
Coming into the snakes home, stepping on it. Poor snake. Watch where you walk Chigg.
Lol
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.
Rattlesnakes aren't that bad Chigg, I sleep beside one every night!
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!!
Chiggs mate !!! WTF ?? Be f%@€£$g careful. Apart from the snakes that pit could have been the end of you. Dude you scare the Sh17 out of me. 😱😱😱😱
I once stepped on a snake, but it was fine. I gave it a beer and we both settled our differences.
Dummkopf!! Stop going into these sketchy underground situations. Not worth it my friend. Serious. Stop it. A solid cave is fine but these situations where you are dealing with potential collapse, it's not worth the views. Lindsey needs you at home, not dead in a abandoned mine collapse. Bobby Wobbles needs you too.
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.
Aqua chigger . Wow cool interesting content 👍🐾🦊🇮🇹🇬🇧
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.
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.
Beau.
I’d rather tap dance on a rattle snake then crawl around inside those caves! I am so claustrophobic it ain’t funny? And that makes it spooooky to me! Haha.
Love your ADVENTURES Love you to MR CHiGG 😁😁😁😁😁
Maybe Glye has been there? Johnnie rattle snaking all over the p!ace? Someone's gotta talk to him !!!🤓
What state are you in ? Arizona . You have 3 brothers ?
If you your Mrs., has a life insurance policy on you Chig, check and see what is says about reptile bites! Lol!😅
Nope, ain't no way I would crawl into that.
Be safe Chigg and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Damn chiggles! Just used one of your 9 lives stepping on that bad boy....Q. do you have tattoos on your arm, like on Jumanji? How many bars you got left now?😂
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get in that mine Chigg! just kidding. stay out of that death trap!!
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!!!
Crazy, pure crazy Chigg
Are you in Arizona? Rock looked similar to some of the monoliths I've seen....
I live in Arizona and I’m pretty certain this was in one of the burns from last year. They are called petroglyphs on the stone he was showing.
Is that you singing your intro and outro song?
A subscriber did that for him years ago.
@@marks.c4753 pretty catchy, I like it and it sounds a bit like him singing
You're a braver man than me, Mister Chiggles!
man you COULDNT PAY ME ANY AMOUNT OF $$ to even go in a desert!!!!!!! cant believe you did that!!!!!!!! glad your safe!!!!
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.
THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT!!🐍🥾
Drone, Bee , Rattler.
Who can tell the difference 😁
*Three separate holes in case your main entrance caves in!*
Chigg, I hope you gathered some Ore Samples to smash and pan? Cool mine site. Glad that snake didn't get ya
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.
The lengths a TH-camr will go to get views... 🤦 GR8 vid Chigg... 👊🏻 🐍 🐍
TAILINGS only come from mills .... WASTE PILES are at mine entrances.
Dangerous! Glad you got out.
The things you do for us chigg! Glad you’re safe from the snakes! 🐍