In Sweetwater, Texas, the lifting of restrictions due to Covid allowed the largest annual rattlesnake fair in the United States to take place.
And she had her fill of mostly unmasked amateurs.
In this conservative state of the United States, hunting for rattlesnakes is a real passion.
Which has had its own fair for over 60 years.
The principle is to capture as many rattlesnakes as possible to sell them or display them in competitions.
In the aisles, you can learn how to skin a snake, eat it or buy derivative products.
Sensitive souls refrain.
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"It's West Texas life, you know?"
We have people who come from other cities or other states.
We have what we call our rattlesnake family, you know?
People who come, and who come back every year.
Our family continues to grow.
Everyone says: I will be back next year.
I'm having fun, we'll be back next year!
Says Bo Browning, a snake hunter.
The fair is also an opportunity to review good practices and the actions to be taken in the event of bites or encounter with one of these specimens.
“In this region, we really live with them.
It doesn't matter if you're in a big city or a small town, one day or another you might come across one of these creatures, and our general message is what to do when you encounter one.
And if we are able to pass this knowledge on to other people, and if someone is saved because of any of the things that we taught them and that they learned at our event, then this weekend will have been a success, ”concludes Red Hurd, a volunteer.
