Rick Alexander
Senior Member
Back in the late 60's my uncle and grandpa tore down some old tin roofed sheds that they use to house the tractors and combines - hay - grain - all sorts of things under. There were 3 of them about 24 feet wide by probably 60 feet long in total (big farm - >1000 acres). They had been around probably 50 or 60 years (maybe older?) and got so unstable over the years they weren't safe to even store the tractors under any longer so they had to go. This was in Screvin Co GA. I've forgotten how many rattle snakes they killed but several of the biggest ones and the shear number made the local paper. Hard to believe my brother and cousin and I use to go down there to shoot rats with 22 rifles for fun and we didn't even realize we were probably stepping over literally 100's of snakes. We rarely saw one but how observant do you think 8-12 year old boys were about that? I wonder if I could search the Screvin Co. paper and find those old articles - that would be cool. My mother and grandma about had a heart attack when they started pulling them out of there.