The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, August 17, 1994             TAG: 9408170464
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   17 lines

VIPER VANQUISHED

ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by DREW C. WILSON

Charlie Reber of Nags Head shows off the four-foot timber

rattlesnake he killed near Albemarle Sound on Sunday. The poisonous

serpents are rare on the Outer Banks but residents and visitors

should be aware that they show up occasionally.

by CNB