Illinois' "Snake Road" closes to cars to protect migrating reptiles

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA two-and-a-half-mile road in southern Illinois is closed to cars right now so snakes can cross it, and thousands of people are showing up to watch.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt's Forest Service Road three forty-five in the Shawnee National Forest, and it has closed to vehicles every spring and fall since nineteen seventy-two.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe current fall closure runs through October thirtieth.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifty-four years of the snakes getting the road to themselves, give or take. That's longer than most of my neighbors have kept a lease.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMore than twenty-three species have been spotted there, and three are venomous. The people are on foot. The snakes are on home ground.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThree venomous ones?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWildlife biologist Mark Vukovich says thousands of people come each season to see it, and just walk. No one is asked to sign anything.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwo and a half miles, closed to cars, thousands of visitors, and the snakes still haven't asked for anything.