Rattlesnakes and horse-hair lariats

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Rattlesnakes and horse-hair lariats

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Anyone know what it is about a horse-hair rope that supposedly keeps rattlers from crossing them, as shown in that old silent film clip Pitchy linked to in his rope-making thread?
I have read this in several places. Wonder if it is the texture of the hair or the scent, or something else. Might be a useful article from the past for camping down here in our snake-infested desert.
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I dont but I remember reading it too, maybe in a comic book when I was a kid. My folks and me drove to california from wisconsin in about 1955 when I was fourteen "on a budget". Folks had a 1953 Nash Statesmen that the front seat would lay down into a bed. They pulled off the road and slept to save on motels. I slept in the open and strung a regular rope around my blankets per comic book!
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Well if you read it in a comic book or saw it in a movie it must be true. Then again as the man said “there’s a sucker born every minute”.
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Jeepnik, wait, you mean you didn't take the stuff you read in comic books seriously? Man did you miss out! Next thing you're going to try to tell me is that the Hardy Boys weren't real.

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Bill in Oregon wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 11:59 am Jeepnik, wait, you mean you didn't take the stuff you read in comic books seriously? Man did you miss out! Next thing you're going to try to tell me is that the Hardy Boys weren't real.

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Sure just like Nancy Drew and Spin & Marty.
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I read about this as a kid in a book called" Johnny Texas. " I too am infested with rattlesnakes at my place. I would sleep a whole lot better in the bed of a Chevy, than trusting my testicles to a coiled rope :wink:
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Me being me, I'd wake up in the middle of the night, see the rope and shoot it thinking it was a snake ... :roll:


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I slept out in the open when in the Army. I almost drowned a couple of times when the area we were ordered to stay in filled with water. Our Platoon Sergeant was the one who did that to us. He was a 4 watt nightlight in a 150 watt world.
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J Miller wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 3:19 pm Me being me, I'd wake up in the middle of the night, see the rope and shoot it thinking it was a snake ... :roll:


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I'm VERY allergic to horses so I'd take my chances with the snattlerakes.
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piller wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 3:25 pm I slept out in the open when in the Army. I almost drowned a couple of times when the area we were ordered to stay in filled with water. Our Platoon Sergeant was the one who did that to us. He was a 4 watt nightlight in a 150 watt world.
I got you beat there.....DC 1 webber of nevada, missouri, my boss in the D.C.P.O. filter cleaning shop on the "silly willy" circa 1987 would not even rate two watts.... :)
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Ray wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 4:46 pm
piller wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 3:25 pm I slept out in the open when in the Army. I almost drowned a couple of times when the area we were ordered to stay in filled with water. Our Platoon Sergeant was the one who did that to us. He was a 4 watt nightlight in a 150 watt world.
I got you beat there.....DC 1 webber of nevada, missouri, my boss in the D.C.P.O. filter cleaning shop on the "silly willy" circa 1987 would not even rate two watts.... :)
Was his nickname Red?
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765x53 wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 8:26 pm
Ray wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 4:46 pm
piller wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 3:25 pm I slept out in the open when in the Army. I almost drowned a couple of times when the area we were ordered to stay in filled with water. Our Platoon Sergeant was the one who did that to us. He was a 4 watt nightlight in a 150 watt world.
I got you beat there.....DC 1 webber of nevada, missouri, my boss in the D.C.P.O. filter cleaning shop on the "silly willy" circa 1987 would not even rate two watts.... :)
Was his nickname Red?
Dunno....our nickname for him was a quite bit more irreverent......I think his given name was lloyd.....
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I never did have a rattlesnake bother me at night. We once woke up with the M60 on the tripod under almost 5 feet of water. It is shocking at how some folks get promoted to the limit of their incompetence.

No allergies to horses, but I don't own a horsehair rope.
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Pete44ru wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 7:32 pm .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZW5Cw2udzs

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I believe Mr. Green Jeans conducted a similar demonstration on Captain Kangaroo.
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Pete44ru wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 7:32 pm .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZW5Cw2udzs

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Pete not to nit pick but that ain’t a rattlesnake and the rope looks like hemp.
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jeepnik wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 8:18 pm
Pete44ru wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 7:32 pm .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZW5Cw2udzs

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Pete not to nit pick but that ain’t a rattlesnake and the rope looks like hemp.
If a rattlesnake isn't deterred by hot sand, sharp rocks and prickly pear, I don't believe horse hair would bother him. Besides, how many cowboys owned horse hair ropes?
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That rope may also be manila or sisal.
Here's the original silent film that Pitchy linked to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSUUsLeWYS8&t=99s
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765x53 wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 9:57 pm how many cowboys owned horse hair ropes ?



As a New York & New England dude :oops: , the only one that comes to mind is Tom Horn...…….


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I would have to wonder if horse hair turns a rattler how come horses get bit ?
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