Gallery: Gory Snake-Slaying Fest Is Strange New Revelry for Rowdy Photog
01kasnic-WIRED-16
*A young boy skins a rattlesnake at the skinning station, where snakeskin is sold and snake meat is cooked.*
02kasnic-WIRED-21
*A rattlesnake moments before slaughter.*
03kasnic-WIRED-44
*The slaughter station inside Nolan County Coliseum, where snakes are decapitated and prepared for skinning.*
04kasnic-WIRED-35
*A musician prepares to perform in one of the snake pits at the roundup.*
05kasnic-WIRED-34
06kasnic-WIRED-33
*Mike Sells prepares to lie in a casket in front of his RV. Sells plays the prank every year to scare people driving to and from the roundup.*
07kasnic-WIRED-43
*After several failed attempts at finding snakes, hunters take out a Western diamondback rattlesnake for entertainment.*
08kasnic-WIRED-38
*Miss Snake Charmer 2013, Kyndra Vaught, performs at the Nolan County Coliseum, Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.*
09kasnic-WIRED-26
*Hunters relax after a day of searching for rattlesnakes in the hills outside Sweetwater.*
10kasnic-WIRED-19
*Miss Snake Charmer 2013, Kyndra Vaught, prepares to make handprints on a wall with snake blood at the skinning station in Nolan County Coliseum.*
11kasnic-WIRED-30
*After the snakes are skinned, the meat is cooked in preparation for a rattlesnake-eating contest.*
12kasnic-WIRED-46
*A young boy cries during a safety demonstration.*
13kasnic-WIRED-15
*From* Life on the Cusp.
14kasnic-WIRED-12
*From* Life on the Cusp.
