Kentucky Snakes

[billyp]

Sorry RoadToad but there are scorpions in KY. Go down to Estill or Powell county and flip over some rocks or old railroad ties. We used to catch them and fight them against black widows and other spiders when I was a kid. They are just little guys, maybe an inch or so. The sting hurts but maybe just a little more than a wasp sting. The worst sting I ever got was from a cow killer. It looks like a big red and black ant. It's actually a kind of wasp that the female doesn't have wings. I caught one in a tobacco field one time until it stung me when I was about 8. I would have sworn I was dieing. When I see them now all the hair stands up on my neck.

For snakes I'm not scared of them but poisonous ones get my blood pumping. I've been struck twice, once by a moccasin in a swamp in NC and once down in Georgia by a baby rattler. The moccasin got my pants leg where it was bunched at the ankle and pumped about a gallon of venom before I could break him loose with a machette. I had on heavy carhart pants for the briars and the fangs never reached my skin. The baby rattler struck the heel of my jump boot and got stuck. I was dragging him along and the guy walking behind me thought I was dragging a little stick. I probably stepped on him and he struck out of defense as he died and got stuck.

Nonamesleft47 your right. I live next to Powell Co. Also there has been scorpions down around Clays Ferry and Boonesborough for many years.

[Rudypoo4444]

Nonamesleft47 your right. I live next to Powell Co. Also there has been scorpions down around Clays Ferry and Boonesborough for many years.

That is another Ky creature I want to see before I die or move out of state.