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Jensense
 
location:
Boulder, CO
Gender: Male
 |  | Snakes in Denver's Sewers
< on 6/17/2013 4:39 PM >
|  | | | So, today I was solo exploring a few major drain systems in south east Denver, close to Quebec and Cherry Creek, when I popped out of a storm drain to come pretty much face to face with this bastard. Thing hissed and acted all cray-cray, but I climbed out and got some photos. I'm pretty sure it's a bull snake, but its skin measured over four feet (photo is with size 12.5 shoes for reference). Anyone else ever seen snakes living in our drains, and any as big?
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Akron
    
location:
Colorado
Gender: Male
Ab inferno te libera, ignave!
| | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 1 on 6/18/2013 2:09 AM >
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Saw this small one on a sandbar within a fairly large room years ago. Snakes don't seem to be all that common in the systems around here, or at least not that I've seen.
Libera te tu temet ipsum ab inferis!
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cavemonkey
location:
berthoud,Colorado
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 2 on 6/18/2013 10:53 PM >
| | | | ahem.....
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Snipe_Hunter
location:
Boulder, CO
Gender: Female
Why YES! Yes I CAN make anything into a sexual innuendo.
| | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 3 on 6/20/2013 6:46 PM >
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Also, I encountered a snake in the Titan...
http://www.youtube...w&feature=youtu.be
Haha, I'm writing a paper on women's rights.
..... not that women's rights are funny or anything.
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BloodBoss
location:
human world
Gender: Male
Splores
| | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 4 on 6/20/2013 9:37 PM >
| | | | I ran into three rattlers in an Atlas silo a while back.
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Ibaapzo
 
location:
Co
Gender: Female
| | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 5 on 7/4/2013 10:31 PM >
| | | | You shouldn't be coming across any deadly snakes unless you're out of the city; snakes prefer hot, rocky places, but rattlesnakes are very rarely in urban locations. Now, bullsnakes, gardeners, etc., that pose no threat to you will be common in drains, 'cause, again, hot rocky places!
So, check where you put you're about to put your hand before putting it there (especially in grassy areas near concrete), let alone your face.  Bullsnakes are jerks, and kinda everywhere. I don't find too many large snakes unless I'm in the mountains.
Posted by GasmaskEG
I ran into three rattlers in an Atlas silo a while back.
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I would have shit myself.
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fmgecko
location:
forrest child lost in a concrete jungle, Mesa AZ
Gender: Female
| |  | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 6 on 8/27/2013 1:04 AM >
| | | | this and scorpions and black widows, are the reason I'm hesitant to do any draining in the phoenix area....
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RabidMonkey
location:
Denver, Colorado
Gender: Male
keep the monkeys away from my hands
| | | | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 7 on 8/29/2013 11:28 PM >
| | | | Looks like a bull snake. They can get big!
http://www.youtube...atch?v=mcKbRyK75gA
Found this guy harassing some birds while on a hike in Golden, but they're all over the place - as you get closer to urban areas they like to hang out in spots where they won't be easily disturbed and so it's likely you'll run into them when you go exploring, especially during warm days since they like to bask in the sun.
Rattlers like open areas where they can get at their prey easily so they're often found in fields and open spaces, but they can den in enclosed areas, too, especially in the winter. Seconding always watching where you put your hands and feet! Don't accidentally sink your hand or foot into a snake hole and you'll generally be a-ok.
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-insertnamehere-
location:
CO
Gender: Male
"...We're taking photos" ... "PHOTAHOES?!?!?! ?!"
| | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 8 on 9/6/2013 8:37 PM >
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Funniest. trip. evar!
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-insertnamehere-
location:
CO
Gender: Male
"...We're taking photos" ... "PHOTAHOES?!?!?! ?!"
| | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 9 on 9/6/2013 8:37 PM >
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Funniest. trip. evar!
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lovelife
location:
D-Town
Gender: Male
Hide yo kids, Hide yo wife
| | Re: Snakes in Denver's Sewers
<Reply # 10 on 11/13/2013 7:51 AM >
| | | | I'M SICK UH THESE MUTHAFUCKIN SNAKES IN THIS MUTHAFUCKIN DRAIN
And i only explore with the strobe setting. The standard setting is for squares. People tend to get a little upset with me, but it's the only way to truly live. -Relik |
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