spooky mine

Today was a great day. We hiked up to a cave in the superstition mountains. This cave took an hour to get to from the road. It was very well hidden and I am told it is a pretty well kept secret. I started to believe him. The trail was very primitive and vegetation was growing higher than our knees. All I could think about were snakes. As soon as I got to the entrance I realized it was a mineshaft. After we hiked in aways, I soon realized it was a cave and that Geronimo is said to have lived inside. We walked in about 400 feet and he told me another 20 feet or so it would open up into the actual cave which is just a large room. As we progressed from this point the flashlight started to illuminate the room and we saw something move across our path. We both jumped because of the shadows size and ran back out. Nothing followed as we got back to the sunlight. Its size was the height and size of a human but we didnt hear footsteps or anything, so we assumed it was a swarm of bats, or could it have been a ghost?
We started back after we had a lunch. My boss was ahead making noise in our path to scare off any creepy crawlers. He took a step in some deep brush and low and behold a rattlesnake started rattling really loud. We both jumped back and watched as the snake crossed our path. This snake was beautiful. It had a lime green color and well defined diamonds. We guessed it was probably five foot long and a mojave rattler-a very rare snake to see out there.