In brief: A man stops by his friend’s townhouse in Westminister, CO where his friend is fixing a pipe under the house. Seeing a snake, the friend takes fright and the man offers to help get it. Crawling in, he unearths not 1 but.. 41 bull snakes, stuffs them into a bag and crawls out safely.
Sorry, Indiana Jones ("why did it have to be snakes?")
Full article at Denver Post.
Yikes.. between snakes and racoons, I am NOT looking forward to encounters with creatures that stake out the crawl space beneath a house. That space sounds like horror-movie territory to me.
Oh, and here are some gratuitous snake pictures to make sure you are as grossed out as I am. 
Texas Rattlesnake #1
Texas RattleSnake #2
Photo thanks to Urban Legends; incidentally their article says “The image itself doesn’t appear to have been manipulated, but perspective plays a role in the apparent size of the snake”.
Now if you excuse me, I’m off to find a copy of “It’s going to sting me!” by Ronald Rood and read it before I get nightmares.
One snake in my backyard –> I was displeased and my wife was hysterical (she absolutely detests snakes). Can’t imagine what 1k snakes will do to her or even me.
Comment by dkl — March 22, 2009 @ 2:34 am |
I assume you mean > 1 snake, but if you ever find 1K snakes in your backyard, you could page Spielberg and ask if he wants to redo a certain scene in “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark”.
Just kidding, of course. Call Pest Control and run, not walk, from your house.
Comment by jensyw — March 31, 2009 @ 6:15 pm |
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