Rattlesnake Report in Lincoln

[CornFed Gregger]

Allegedly, the university released rattlers south of Pawnee City. I heard this from the farmer whose land they were on. He found them, killed about 20 of them, then the university came asking where the heck they went, and he showed them the bodies. This was the guy that sold the quarries to Martin Marietta years back.

Fuck dem snakes

 

[kaz36]

Was it a prairie rattler? They're not native to Northeast Kansas, but we've had 2 in my life time close to my parents house which right near a UP railroad line. They've been known to slither up on rail cars as trains are parked in the sandhills/Wyoming and then end up here when trains are parked for crew shifts/etc

I have heard stories from people who work at OPPD in Nebraska City and they have said that it isn't unusual to see rattlesnakes in the coal trains when they unload them. They said that the coal cars are warm and the snakes crawl into them at night to warm up and end up somewhere else.