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M.J. Evans
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PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History
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Rattlesnakes are Deadly!
Most of the story I included in "PINTO!" came directly from the journals that George Beck and Raymond Ray had kept. They were fascinating to read! However, I also got some information from old newspaper articles. One of the articles mentioned that two horses died on the journey. I could not find any reference to this in the journals that are still in existence. So I made up the story of Dolly dying of colic and Molly dying of a rattlesnake bite. I called my vet and asked him how a horse would die of a rattlesnake bite. He told me it was always from a bite on the nose. So this description is an accurate depiction of what would happen. .
Book Excerpt
PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History
In one sudden flash of brown and gray, a large snake lurched forward and sunk its fangs into her nose. Molly reared back, the snake still dangling from her muzzle. Shaking her head, the snake dropped to the ground and slithered off toward a cluster of rocks.
I stepped up to Molly and noticed blood dripping from two, round puncture wounds right between her nostrils. Within a few seconds, her nose began to swell. I watched in horror as the swelling quickly moved up her face until I couldn’t even recognize her. Her eyes swelled shut. Her nostrils turned puffy and red.
“I can’t breathe,” she whispered.
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