Man Claims Live Rattlesnake in His Mail Was a Murder Attempt

You can get seemingly anything delivered right to your door these days. Usually receiving a package in the mail is an exciting experience for people, but for one California man, it almost ended his life. 

Elijah Bowles, a 60-year-old truck driver living in the Mojave Desert, recently went to the post office in Twentynine Palms, California to pick up a package but got quite a surprise instead. It turns out a live Western rattlesnake was inside, complete with cotton balls to muffle the sound of the snake's rattle.