I
PUT AN ADD ON A SNAKE FORUM TO HAVE MIKE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME TO PLAN MEETING
IN WEST TEXAS NEXT SPRING 2011. I INQUIRED IN 2006 AND AGAIN IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR AND FINALLY HEARD FROM SOMEONE THAT SAID HE HAD DIED. I HEARD FROM
A FELLOW SNAKE ENTHUSIAST TODAY THAT CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD INDEED PASSED
IN 2006. HE WAS SUCH AN UP GUY I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED HIM DIEING EARLY.
HE HAD TOURETT'S AS A KID SO WE HAD SOMETHING UNUSUAL IN COMMON. IT WOULDN'T
BE ANY FUN GOING TO THE DESERT NOW AND MY PLANS WILL PROBABLY FADE ALSO.
I GOT MY FIRST DESERT SNAKES FROM HIM IN THE EARLY 90'S AND HE TALKED ME
INTO GOING THERE TO HUNT THAT TURNED INTO A 10 YEAR HOBBY. THE LAST TIME
I SAW HIM WAS PROBABLY IN ABOUT 2004 WHEN HE CAME HERE TO PICK UP MY RATTLERS
AFTER I QUIT THE HOBBY. WELL WHERE EVER HE IS I AM SURE HE IS FLIPPING ROCKS
AND WHEELING AND DEALING WITH OTHER COLLECTORS!
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