Red Diamond Rattlesnake Strikes in Hagador Canyon

[@tling6990]

I've hiked Hagador and Tin Mine for years and I can probably count on one hand how many snakes I've spotted; most of them were much smaller than the one in the video. Nice find.

[@SuperFlyIndianGuy]

I remember watching this in class - I'll miss your class so much

[@Mine-Finder]

Great video. I've seen a lot of Southern Pacific rattlers in the San Gabriels, but the red diamond is a new one for me. Weird that he never rattled, but it didn't appear that he was injured.

[@YvonneMendezRealtor]

Beautiful snake

[@LBCAndrew]

Rattle snakes don't always rattle their tails. I have had the misfortune of stepping over a couple only to have it rattle after i had one foot on the opposite side. Thankfully i had heavy leather boots on and was carrying a 16 ga shotgun, which was unfortunate for Mr. Snake.