File:A striped rattlesnake, found in yard at Rick's Market, brought to park. Kept two weeks before it died. Would not eat in (b48790eb3a3747ebb32e867d20e92f26).jpg

My lil' buddy! I found this snake at the site of the old Rick's Market (my Dad's store) in Springdale in June of '77. I was about 9at the time and almost put my hand right on it as I sat down on the dirt. I thought it looked quite unique with the stripes so I caught it in a box and showed everyone nearby. Nobody had ever seen a rattler with stripes running the length of it's body, and somebody called the Rangers. They were dumbfounded as well and soon there was special "reptologists" being flown in to check it out. Well, the snake disappeared and I tried a couple times to get it back from the park. The last time I tried, they told me it was dead and showed it to me in a jar of formaldehyde being stored in a dark storage room in the basement of the old visitors center. It did not look near as impressive in the jar. That was my first experience with federal government employees. I learned a few things about them back then in '77. Don't tell them a damn thing, watch your back and your property, and do your thing without them!

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English: A striped rattlesnake, found in yard at Rick's Market, brought to park. Kept two weeks before it died. Would not eat in captivity. ; ZION Museum and Archives Image ZION 8820.1 ; ZION 8820
Photographer	English: Jasper L. Crawford
Title	English: A striped rattlesnake, found in yard at Rick's Market, brought to park. Kept two weeks before it died. Would not eat in captivity. ; ZION Museum and Archives Image ZION 8820.1 ; ZION 8820
Publisher	English: Zion National Park Museum and Archives
Description	English: A striped rattlesnake, found in yard at Rick's Market, brought to park. Kept two weeks before it died. Would not eat in captivity. Image Series 301.01 - Reptiles And Amphibians Keywords: reptiles
Depicted place	English: Zion National Park, Utah
Date	Taken on 22 August 2016
Accession number	b48790eb3a3747ebb32e867d20e92f26
Source	English: NPGallery
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information. This digital asset is in the public domain. When publishing this asset for any use, including online, image must credit: 'Courtesy Zion National Park, Photographer Jasper L. Crawford, Museum Catalog Number ZION 8820.'
Contacts InfoField	English: Person: Museum Curator Organization: Zion National Park Position: Museum Curator Address: Zion National Park, State Route 9, Springdale, UT 84767 Email: zion_museum@nps.gov
NPS Unit Code InfoField	ZION
NPS Museum Catalog Number InfoField	ZION 8820
NPS Museum Accession Number InfoField	ZION-00768
Zion Legacy HPC Database Number InfoField	HPC-007739