Important Info about this video: I edited this within minutes after it happened, and the video conveys exactly what I thought and felt of it at the time – it was creepy, exciting, interesting, and very weird. Watching this video long afterward however, I wince at its gruesomeness and possible mixed messages that could be taken with it.

Rattle snakes on the property must be destroyed. I’m not a PETA hippie, but I also am not into slaughtering animals for no reason other than fun or amusement. I almost stepped on one a few years ago and trapped it in a trash can and called the Fire Department. They sent a firetruck over with 3 men who came and decapitated the snake with a special guillotine on a stick and disposed of the body. Despite feeling retarded for having wasted their time, they assured me that I did the right thing. This time there was no time to trap the animal or call authorities. My aunt freaked out and called me and I brought my camera outside with me since I heard the word “snake”. I thought I had killed it by cutting off the head as quick as I could. When it continued to move, I called my aunt to get something else to finish it off with. I was NOT just sitting around with my camera watching the poor thing slowly die. She came back with scissors so I cut it closer to the head this time. The use of the word “execution” makes it sound more dramatic, but in reality it was just a quick way to deal with a deadly poisonous animal in a heavily trafficked area.