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To get away from the practical joking a little bit to something a little more serious. I remember a night that John H. was collecting out west of Langtry. I knew he liked it out there and there were alot of snakes in that direction. Knowing he was out there we stayed a little closer to Langtry. After not hearing from him for a while I got a little concerned. He usually could not stay out long without a candy fix or some coffee. Well after a while he showed up with a nice blairs. Both of his arms were bunged up and he was complaining of pain in both arms. If I remember correctly he found the snake up 8 - 10 feet on the red cut. He climbed up to get it and ended up pulling a large rock down on himself which landed on both arms. He held onto the snake but evidently had one hell of a time extricating himself from under the rock and not losing the snake. Really made us all more aware of how dangerous being out in that country can be by ourselves. I am not sure but, I think John knows that if we had not seen him for much longer we would have gone looking for him. Case in point, let others know where and when you are out there. It really could save you some grief. Much like the story John was telling of the night he ran off the road on the River Road. We both knew each other was out there and were able to look out for each other.

I hope I am not confusing this story with the one that John posted below. If I am chalk it up to old age and just to many stories to remember accurately.

John, please tell me I am not confused.

ECT

Eric, I have aqbsolutely NO recollection of the event related here. Of course, I'm getting old and who know, the mind may be going. the only rocks I remember falling on me was the 277 landslide in '92.
JH

I think you would know. I guess I must have been confused and been thinking about the incident on 277. I think I was mixing stories. I am remembering now the Red Cut was something to do with a big female blairs that you caught. I definitely remember the rock incident so I must have been up 277 that nite. At any rate, it is still a good story. I am sure I would have remembered it more correctly had I read your post first. I guess it might be better to let the ones it actually happened to be the ones who post the story.

Thanks for setting it straight.

ECT

I think John has been injured several times. I seem to remember two or three episodes at least. I can't begin to relate those stories, though I do have a few classic Hollister tales, and even one involving Tiny, Rick and a speckled Bullsnake