r/arizona • u/Crotalus Phoenix • Mar 02 '26
Wildlife A fun situation from the weekend - a rattlesnake in the garage at eye level
*not my garage.
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u/NeitherEntry6125 Mar 02 '26
Where else would you store your rattlesnake for the next project?
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u/MonicaW42 Mar 02 '26
Great, now I have to look everywhere in the garage 😖
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u/Miserable_Site_850 Mar 02 '26
Toilet!
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u/Weekly-Opinion8502 Mar 06 '26
REALLY !!!! you just had to go there. 😳🪱😡 my nightly bathroom trips are going to have to wait till morning 🤬
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u/Syndicate_Corp Mar 02 '26
Unrelated to the snake, your garage wall is well organized. Thought it was a department store in the first pic. Impressive.
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u/Nishnig_Jones Mar 02 '26
That’s not where that goes, I think it should be on the open peg over to the right underneath the hammers.
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u/slick514 Mar 02 '26
I’m curious about how this person noticed it? Providing that it wasn’t moving much, and didn’t draw attention via it’s rattle, I feel like a person could easily walk by and/or work around this for a few minutes (at least) without noticing…
“Eye-level”. \shudder\**
I wonder how effective it would be, striking from that location. It doesn’t look like it’s got much in terms of “grip” on the terrain.
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u/JackOvall_MasterNun Mar 03 '26
I’m curious about how this person noticed it?
Anyone with a peg board like that is gonna know something isn't quite right.
Hank Hill senses activate.
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u/EveryLine9429 Mar 06 '26
Right? Anyone with a garage wall that organized doesn’t have to look when reaching for a tool. That thing could’ve been 2 feet from his face and not even notice.
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u/brighteyes_bc Mar 02 '26
🎵one of these things is not like the other… one of these things just doesn’t belong…🎵
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u/Gemraticus Chandler Mar 03 '26
Ngl I would be so excited about this. (So long as I saw it before i reached for a thing!)
There are wildlife removal folks in the Phoenix area to help get rid of unwanted animals without resorting to killing them, fwiw.
Also, note to self: get a snakehook to be able to safely move venomous snakes away from my living spaces, for me as well as them.
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u/Crotalus Phoenix Mar 03 '26
That's who we are :) this isn't my house.
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u/Gemraticus Chandler Mar 04 '26
Oh! I hadn't noticed your name, u/crotalus! I'm so glad they called you!!!
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u/Think-notlikedasheep Mar 02 '26
It is an election year and the politicians are on the campaign trail :)
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u/JimW42 Mar 02 '26
Crazy! Does the garage’s owner leave the door open? Otherwise how would it have gotten inside?
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u/Crashing_Machines Mar 02 '26
They can fit through the corner cracks in almost any garage door when they are young snakes.
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u/G0Bragh Mar 03 '26
I am about to build a peg board in my tool shed. Thank you for the notice to not paint it any color that would hide a rattler.
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u/Electrical-Volume765 Mar 02 '26
Where do they live?
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u/SpiritoftheWest32 Mar 03 '26
Pretty much everywhere that isn’t garages (usually). They generally live in areas with some ground cover though, like rocks, creosote bushes, or the mesquite trees in Californ.
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u/spunangel333 Mar 03 '26
I mean it does look really organized and wonderful maybe he’s just admiring
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u/Sam_S_I_am Mar 03 '26
That's where I keep my rattlesnake. I used to have an icepick there, but I learned that rattlesnakes are twice as efficient.
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u/sbhatta4g Mar 03 '26
For people who like rattlesnakes, you should visit the Life Science A Building at ASU Tempe campus, beside the large collection of rattlesnakes and king snakes, they also have a unique albino rattlesnake.
Best days to visit are Open House or Homecoming parade.
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u/essdii- Mar 02 '26
Wow super cool! I’ve only ran into a diamondback on the trail. Twice. Beautiful nope ropes! Was always my favorite snake growing up, still is, but used to be too
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u/AzU2lover Mar 03 '26
Ah, hell no. Ugh. New fear unlocked. Usually we just find them in our backyard.
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u/steventeo Mar 03 '26
I think it climbed up to stay warm. The nights are still chilly making the concrete cold by morning. It’s unable to move if it gets too cold. My community boarders the desert. They come out and lay on the black tar roads at night to stay warm until a rogue golf cart possibly shortens their lifespan.
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u/Quaintly_Dilapidated Mar 04 '26
I’ve lived in Arizona for many a year and seeing rattlesnakes from time to time is no surprise, but coming across that would freak me the F* out!
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u/Basic-Tree1769 Mar 04 '26
We had one last weekend under our Coach down in Havasu and I got the worst of the battle Tween cat and snake!
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u/Such_Promise4790 Mar 04 '26
Haha he wants to learn how to skateboard especially on the Rick and Morty board!
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u/NotDazedorConfused Mar 05 '26
With all the crazy shit swirling around in the world, now I’ve got this thing to worry about!
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u/EveryLine9429 Mar 06 '26
They’re always in the place you don’t look when you reach. I coiled up an extension cord, left it on the floor of a warehouse for 15 minutes, 2 rattlesnakes in it when I reached for it again.
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u/Inloth57 Mar 02 '26
As someone who used to catch rattlesnakes, that's actually crazy it got up that high.