This event was like any other fair-like, festival-like event. Plenty of local vendors displaying their many talents... such as leather making and cow-hiding? And... "dumb-ass" sign making. Apparantly Lower Alabama has a large number of dumb asses and well, they need alot of signs. (just an observation....)
And racoon-tailing.
So, does one still wear these tails on hats?
OH! Never mind ... one now wears them on one's behind.
Oh, look! Lower Alabamians love Jesus and their Confederate Flag! (Is it just me? Anyone else see the irony here?) LOL!
Ah, and look ! Something fun for the kids ... smokeless cigarettes with ash that falls from the end! ... train 'em young !
The cuisine was at it's finest !! I had a hard time deciding between the shark-a- bob and the alligator-on-a-stick but alas the lines were too long so I settled on a turkey leg.
Now on to the main attraction! Diamondback Rattlesnakes.
They had three "heats" throughout the day. The racing rattlers were placed in this large tin can. (I suppose to make 'em good and angry --- I'm sure they're hot in there ?)
Then the handlers would pour them out onto the middle circle.
The "MC" would call the race -- much like being at the Kentucky Derby! Several spectators were placing bets with one another and shouting out "Go Squeezer" and "Come on Chopper you can do it"!!
But in the end, it was "Killer" that won the heat and by a landslide !
( the snake's name is Killer - 'nuff said.)
Killer smile :-)
Killer smile :-)
Well, what can I say ? God bless America with all it's craziness !!! LOL
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