This is the first time I have responded to this forum. I just wanted to clarify a few things, some of which are factual, fictional, and/or mythical. The correct spelling of my last name is Timaeus. I have been cruising the Langtry/West Texas area since about 1972. As the Alterna Pirate has intimated, he caught a alterna before I (his nickname for me is Tiny) did, but I do not think he as come close to keeping up with me since, even as good as he is he has been handicapped by travel distance. He is also guilty of exposing himself to my then minor child during a spotlighting incident and he is responsible for my most favorite quoteable saying "That ssshhh----ttt ain't right". Maybe he will explain. As far as Forky is concerned I remember him being chauffered by his dad and most significantly I remember a redhaired freckle faced boy who was asking questions a mile a minute about snaking and was there when he caught his first alterna. Could have used his smile as a spotlight. Another youngster to catch an alterna was my son who was 3 1/2 in 1977 when he jumped out of my jeep and grabbed a subadult light phase in the middle of the dirt road on top of Blairs Hill (some old timers might know where that is). On the way back to the jeep he was rubbing his head where he had banged it on the window of the jeep as I was skidding to a stop. Lee Box used to bring his young man child (Bryan) to Langtry with him. He was a skinny little kid who also learned alot of his snaking knowledge from his father and the numerous other snaking characters he has known over the years of his growing up. Bottom line is that it has been great knowing the many people that I have met and become lifelong friends with during snaking adventures. Most importantly is what we are passing on to our next generations of herpers. That is borne out in what I have seen with people like Lee, Forky, Alterna Pirate, W. Howe, and many more. Mine and their children and even their children (in some cases) are learning the ways. There have been a few bad apples in our crowd (who's names are not even worth mentioning) that should be allowed or even forced to be forgotten. To those I say good riddance and nuff said on this forum!!!!!

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