Vicious rattlesnake goes berserk after child spots it in preschool playhouse
As California grapples with what experts are calling a historically unprecedented spike in rattlesnake incidents and fatalities, a quick-thinking preschooler in the Santa Clarita Valley may have helped prevent another tragedy after spotting a venomous snake inside a playground structure.
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Metro Vicious rattlesnake goes berserk after child spots it in preschool playhouse By Daniel Farr Published June 14, 2026, 8:23 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google As California grapples with what experts are calling a historically unprecedented spike in rattlesnake incidents and fatalities, a quick-thinking preschooler in the Santa Clarita Valley may have helped prevent another tragedy after spotting a venomous snake inside a playground structure. The close call happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday at a preschool in the Saugus neighborhood of Santa Clarita, where a child noticed a rattlesnake inside a playhouse and immediately alerted a teacher, local rattlesnake wrangler Cary Quashen told KTLA.
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