Gallery: Gory Snake-Slaying Fest Is Strange New Revelry for Rowdy Photog
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*A young boy skins a rattlesnake at the skinning station, where snakeskin is sold and snake meat is cooked.*
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*A rattlesnake moments before slaughter.*
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*The slaughter station inside Nolan County Coliseum, where snakes are decapitated and prepared for skinning.*
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*A musician prepares to perform in one of the snake pits at the roundup.*
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*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.*
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*After several failed attempts at finding snakes, hunters take out a Western diamondback rattlesnake for entertainment.*
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*Miss Snake Charmer 2013, Kyndra Vaught, performs at the Nolan County Coliseum, Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.*
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*Hunters relax after a day of searching for rattlesnakes in the hills outside Sweetwater.*
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*Miss Snake Charmer 2013, Kyndra Vaught, prepares to make handprints on a wall with snake blood at the skinning station in Nolan County Coliseum.*
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*After the snakes are skinned, the meat is cooked in preparation for a rattlesnake-eating contest.*
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*A young boy cries during a safety demonstration.*
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*From* Life on the Cusp.
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