Animal burrows, uneven footing and, later in the season, rattlesnakes pose hazards to those who tread across the grounds.

Source: https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-06-04/descendants-of-two-government-sanctioned-atrocities-gather-in-colorado-bond-over-shared-identity

Current secrecy efforts help guard the animals from an extermination ethos shared by many early settlers: a belief in a God-given duty to kill rattlesnakes as a satanic stain on an Edenic landscape.

Source: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/12/timber-rattlesnakes-new-hampshire-endangered-den.html?via=rss

The Eastern Milk Snake, Eastern Kingsnake, Corn Snake, and the Black Rat Snake are often mistaken for rattlesnakes in New Jersey.

Source: https://nj1015.com/new-jerseys-venomous-snakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/

They say these rattlesnakes are quite common in the area.

Source: https://abc13.com/amazon-worker-snake-bite-martin-county-florida-eastern-diamondback-rattlesnake/13804060/