Embarrassing Sports Mistakes #3: Top Fear in California

Yesterday, I went into a canyon. It’s right outside of my house so I have easy access to it. Anyways, I brought some friends; Makela and Kjell (Pronounced Ch-ell) We were exploring new places with long grass in the hot sun. As we walked along a trail, there was a place a creek once ran. Over it was a fallen log with a main branch and then other little branches along the sides. I stepped on the log and onto the other side of the creek bed. I looked back and I saw something with bright green on the outside of diamond shaped brown patterns. A rattlesnake! I jumped. My foot had been 1 foot away from its body! I couldn’t see its head, just its body. The rest of it was below the log. The weird thing was though, I didn’t hear a rattling noise. Maybe it was dead! I told my friends to not move, for I was the first over the creek. I told them there was a snake after seeing their baffled expressions. They ran and I had no choice to follow even though I wanted to get a better look at it. In the summer/spring rattlesnakes concern many people in California and San Diego when walking through these environment. Flippysox thought of another function of the Sock Wallet. The sock would have protective padding. This would help people worry less about snake bites and focus more on walking. The padding would protect against snake bites. What do you think?

By Jordan W