I live in Tempe, about 10 miles south of Scottsdale. I've lived here long enough to come across my share of rattlesnakes, scorpions, and other various things worth avoiding. About 2 months ago I came within five feet of a rattlesnake on a trail run in the east valley. It lashed out at me and started doing it rattling thing, just like in the video. Last Sunday night I killed a three inch long Scorpion in my friends' apartment in South Scottdale. It's a different world out here in the desert.














