
Ride the Snake: The Cobra Venom Con
Ridiculous Crime
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The History of Snake Oil
The ancient Chinese have discovered that the oil of this water snake worked super well on tired muscles and aching backs as an anti-inflammatory. Clark Stanley, aka the rattlesnake king, claimed he learned about this not from the Chinese, but from the medicinal power of the Hopi tribe. He didn't use any Chinese water snakes for his snake oil. So he substituted good old fashioned American Rattlesnake venom.
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