last night at around 10 i decided to take my dog for a walk (which was stupid, i dont know what i was thinking) so anyways we are just walking down the street and then i see her sniffing something and all the sudden i hear the rattle snake hissing and everything right next to my foot !! i must have been like 6 inches away from its head and my dog was basicly standing on top of it, so i yanked the dog (and myslef) away pretty fast and then we went home and i called my parents becuase iknew they would be walking in the exact same spot and by the time i got into the house and called them on thier cell phone they were exactly where i just was only they had seen the snake a few feet away. The dog they had with them saw it and started barking.So i went out there and found them and my mom went and called animal control and a nice lady came out at 11 and got the snake, it was pretty big, about 5 feet long and boy was he pissy ! she had to pull it outta a cactus bush and put him in a bucket after he was in the bucket me and my dad got to get a nice look at him he was gorgeoas and pretty fat too. It was defintily one of my closest enounters with a rattler that night. It was really cool but really scary. I almost sh*t myslef when i saw it just a few inches from my leg.