Hey Johnny. Yep it was me. I was in a nice size group of guys riding thru roly poly,early evening at the beginning of june.we hit a techy little rock face climb and got jumbled up a bit.I had a rider on my right,so I dabbed left,off trail. As soon as my foot touched down I knew something was wrong,like i stepped in something weird,at that exact moment I saw stars,and dropped off my bike. Its whats called a reaction strike. I stepped right on him and he nailed me. I saw him moving thru the brush,kinda slow. He was in intermediate stage coloring,,black,silver,and grey.they turn more brown,gold later in summer. So I thought i was toast!We were seven miles in and my calf was totally blown! I had always been told you only had like 20 minutes to get the anti venin. Lucky for me,in the group was an Emt,,who also was a wilderness specialist! So he looked at the bite and told me it was a dry bite and i was gonna be ok. He knew for sure.because if i was injected, the bite would look really bad...see internet photos...So i rolled down the mountain,with the guys helping me, and someone drove me to newton hospital. There the put me on an iv for about 10 hours and made sure i had no reaction to the small amount of venom i may have been exposed to. I was off the bike for about a month maybe two,and limped around for a couple weeks. I am the rattler authority now! I learned everything there is to know about them. Never dab! I think thats it,,,if you have any questions just lemme know
