Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Meet Red Hanks: tugboat veteran, rattlesnake-hide craftsman, and survivor of a 1967 capsizing that left doctors stunned. Today, Red and his wife live outside Yoakum, where he turns rattlesnake hide into hats, boots, belts—anything he can dream up—using what he calls a “secret formula.” (We have our suspicions. 👀)
A true Texas original. 🐍🤠