Searching for snakes can be a bear
Kelvin Pereira (KP), Sonia McFadden, Christopher Pereira (holding bag containing a black rat snake) and David Mcfadden (holding bag containing a timber rattlesnake)
A few local adventuresome types who attended the 2008 Landisburg Fire Company's annual timber rattlesnake hunt fundraiser got to experience some other wildlife up-close-and-personal.
Area residents Kelvin Pereira (KP), Sonia McFadden, Christopher Pereira and David McFadden drove a short distance from where the rest of their group was hunting on July 19. David left the others to hunt a rugged, rocky open pipeline while the rest of the group waited near the vehicle.
Here's an excerpt from the e-mail sent to us by David:
As Sonia, Christopher and KP lounged inside the truck trying to keep cool, a black bear of gargantuan proportions approached completely unnoticed by all. Only when Sonia caught a glimpse of movement outside her window did she see the bear, which at that point was almost inside the vehicle with them. Sonia and the bear saw each other at the same time and the bear turned to meander up the pipeline.
The bear . . .
Here's a few other photos from the Perry County event:
David McFadden shows a yellow-phase timber rattlesnake inside a plastic tube which is a technique designed to protect the snake as well as the handler during close observation. Jason Smith and Kelvin Pereira are looking on.
Sonia McFadden is shown craddling a young ball python at the Landisburg hunt headquarters.
Christopher Pereira is shown displaying the black rat snake he captured and won two trophies for at Landisburg.
