#RatShitRemodel update!
Maybe should now call it #RattlerRemodel!

I was in the far back corner of the house, and had just hacked the last chunk of an abandoned gas line out from under the floor when I saw a little reptile head drop into a pocket in a cinder block that was protruding from the foundation.

"Oh hi lizard," I said and then moved my face closer to see what it was… and then bolted back immediately when I saw that it was a rattlesnake coiled up in there!

Remember, I'm in this crawlspace, belly crawling with very little room to move and seeing the snake 18 inches from my face in the light of my headlamp!