I sent this a couple of days ago but don't think it got to the list. Pardon if this is a repeat. I heard a story of a man who built a cabin on a large rock jutting over French Creek just outside of Cambridge Springs, and am trying to find out if it is true. It seems that fall his neighbors had not seen him or his family for some time so they went to check on him. When they got there they found the family dead from rattlesnake bites. Apparently there was a nest of snakes in the crevices of the rock and when the fireplace was lit and heated the rock, the snakes came out. Sounds like an urban legend to me, but stranger things have happened. Looking forward to hearing about this...... Beth in Ohio

This tale does not sound plausible. The cabin was probably built during warn weather, unless it was constructed as emergency shelter after the snakes denned. If constructed during warm weather, the builder would obviously have observed he was building on a snake den site and should of seen the snakes sunning on the rocks.. But Truth is always stranger than Fiction. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: <BTHMBL@centurytel.net> To: <PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:05 PM Subject: [PACRAWFO] French Creek snakepit > I sent this a couple of days ago but don't think it got to the list. Pardon > if this is a repeat. > > I heard a story of a man who built a cabin on a large rock jutting over > French Creek just outside of Cambridge Springs, and am trying to > find out if it is true. > > It seems that fall his neighbors had not seen him or his family for > some time so they went to check on him. When they got there they > found the family dead from rattlesnake bites. > > Apparently there was a nest of snakes in the crevices of the rock and when > the fireplace was lit and heated the rock, the snakes came out. > > Sounds like an urban legend to me, but stranger things have happened. > > Looking forward to hearing about this...... > > Beth in Ohio > > > > > > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > ROLL CALLS? Not permitted unless instituted by the List Admin. But post > your interests and areas of search often. New members join every day. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >