Source: Chris Bennett, AGWEB, 6/7/22


When Ron Gollobin disappeared into snake hell and descended into the expansive tangle of a veritable cottonmouth nest on a four-month hunt, he undertook the most outrageous summer job ever performed by an American teen and unleashed one of the most hair-raising entrepreneurial efforts in pit viper history.  Working alone in remote ponds, 15-year-old Gollobin, with the prayers of a pagan and patience of a stone, caught and milked hundreds of 3’-5’ cottonmouths by hand, all in a chilling effort to obtain venom via a glory-and-riches scheme for the ages.

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