We are more likely to be walking the desert neighborhood at night under a full moon light. The rattlesnakes are a hazard. Almost missed seeing one in the shadows of a tree one night in Sabino Canyon. I take a flashlight to illuminate the shadows. The rest is lit up like day. Hiding behind something in the desert terrain doesn't work. We are just there exposed, if someone were to drive by, which would be a neighbor.
In the eighties, living in a suburban neighborhood, I would get friends to do a naked walkabout once or twice a year. There was always something to hide behind. I made sure that something was in the ready and was on a full alert, which I enjoyed immensely. When I was a young teenager, we would sneak around past curfew. It was fun stealth stuff, but we were dressed except once or twice for a short time.
Jbee