Teen Accidentally Rides Bike Into Den of Rattlesnakes
On 5/10/21 at 2:04 PM EDT
Fourteen-year-old Raiden Peter and his friend were enjoying an afternoon bike ride in Lethbridge, Canada, a town south of Calgary in Alberta, when they found themselves riding through a rattlesnake den.
CTV News reports that the boys were trying to find new biking paths in the nearby canyon valleys when they accidentally rode their bikes into the snake den. I was so scared, Peter told CTV.
The two teens told CTV that they quickly dismounted their bikes, threw them into the den and ran away. They then called the City of Lethbridge rattlesnake mitigation program to help retrieve their abandoned bikes.
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. What started as a casual bike ride through the coulees turned into a nightmarish close call for 14-year-old mountain biker Raiden Peter and his friend. The two teens had been looking for new trails and jumps when they accidentally rode straight into a rattlesnake den. As my friend went by, I think he like set the snakes off or something because then as I was going by, one jumped at me, said Peter. I just threw my bike right at it and just ran like 30 feet away. I was so scared. The boys quickly called the City of Lethbridge rattlesnake mitigation program for help retrieving their bikes.