What part of Pennsylvania are you in...... I lived in Schuylkill (I
remember how to even spell it) county.......in Frackville up until
1972.

I know what you mean about removing natural fauna from a state...Been
there done that, got read the riot act and had the fear of god put
into me by the State of Arizona some years back. Getting these rocks
however does not have anmy problems as such though. I had been on a
TDY military assignment for 4 weeks to Davis Monathan AFB (Tucson) and
in my off time I would prowl the desert area. My youngin was into
reptiles, and other such critters. I caught 4 tarantulas, a corn
snake, and a king snake.........so being that I flew there by
commercial airlines, I figured I would just pack em in my personal
bagage to carry back to Alabama.......I bought 2 pillow cases and put
a snake into each one, and then into a small sturdy box and packed it
in my baggage. To transport the spiders and scorpions I used some
souveiner Cactus looking salt and pepper shakers to put them in. Again
I packed them in my baggage.

I had a chance to catch an early flight and also clear base early, so
I got to the airport, turned in my rental car, checked my bags and
kicked back while waiting for the boarding time to arrive, unhindered
by baggage. I had swapped airlines and tickets for a early flight on
anaother airlines, but all seemed well. I had been just setting there
and then heard my name being paged on the PA requesting me to report
to the ticket counter...Oh heck, I am gonna be bumped, I could just
feel it......get to the ticket counter, told them who I was and I was
answering their page. Clerk said one minute, and then the next thing
an Arizona Wildlife offical was at my side requesting me to accompany
him into a side room...I went with him and in the room were my bags.
They asked me if they were my bags, I replied yes, they asked for my
baggage tag stubs, compared the numbers etc and then asked if I had
"anything" in them that was not supposed to be in them like Fauna
etc....I told em I had some snakes I caught.......opened up the bags
showed them to the official and he commenced to lay the law down to me
and tell me what can happen to folks that break the natural fauna
law......I even told him I wold go and re-rent a rental car and put
each and every critter back exactly where it was when I found
it.......but in the end I was let off with a heck of a butt eating and
low down on the laws...........and then got out of dodge just as soon
as the flight boarded..........less spiders, snakes ands scorpions.

I don;t know how they new the snakes were in there but they did......
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