Another Snake Story

[Lilou]

After reading three stories about snakes on SOTT, I was told an even more horrific story that is making headline news everywhere. A 100 pound python killed a 4 and 6 year old in Canada while they slept at a family friends home. The friend owned an exotic pet store and the snake escaped his cage during the night and strangled them both. I personally do not care for reptiles and the rash of stories caught my attention.

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../2-boys-killed-by-python-canada_n_3...


http://www.sott.net/article/264719-Python-on-expressway-near-Birmingham-UK
http://www.sott.net/article/264718-Large-snake-discovered-in-Leicester-garden-pond-UK
http://www.sott.net/article/264717-14-Foot-Brumese-python-found-in-Florida-shed-Giant-snake-was-eating-local-cats

 

[mabar]

After reading three stories about snakes on SOTT, I was told an even more horrific story that is making headline news everywhere. A 100 pound python killed a 4 and 6 year old in Canada while they slept at a family friends home. The friend owned an exotic pet store and the snake escaped his cage during the night and strangled them both. I personally do not care for reptiles and the rash of stories caught my attention.

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../2-boys-killed-by-python-canada_n_3...

Hopefully that link does not work: "Oh, Noes! A 404!", enough with what you described. I do care for reptiles, they have to be far, far away from me. To me, pets should have enough space, having them in cages, like the birds, its sad. It is, as if you put a dog a cage (???). I would not blame them, if they want it to escape.

Edit: I remembered having played with little water snakes (up to 20 cm) when I was a kid, we used to have them in a try, outside in the garden. Kids from the block used to sell them after picking up from a terrain near home. Surely, they must had escaped and died, because it wasn't their habitat.

 

[Keit]

After reading three stories about snakes on SOTT, I was told an even more horrific story that is making headline news everywhere. A 100 pound python killed a 4 and 6 year old in Canada while they slept at a family friends home. The friend owned an exotic pet store and the snake escaped his cage during the night and strangled them both. I personally do not care for reptiles and the rash of stories caught my attention.

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../2-boys-killed-by-python-canada_n_3...

Yep, SOTT has an article about this creepy story as well, just a bit more down the list
http://www.sott.net/article/264682-Escaped-python-kills-two-kids-in-New-Brunswick

And earlier, there was this article from France:
http://www.sott.net/article/264596-Bordeaux-Man-finds-2m-snake-in-his-car

We live in symbolic universe, so with all the other messages the universe is sending, this could be also a very disturbing sign of the times.

As for the creepiness in the animal world, there are also stories like this one.
http://www.sott.net/article/264701-Lobster-cannibalism-Crustaceans-starting-to-eat-each-other-probably-because-of-climate-change

 

[Anthony]

After reading three stories about snakes on SOTT, I was told an even more horrific story that is making headline news everywhere. A 100 pound python killed a 4 and 6 year old in Canada while they slept at a family friends home. The friend owned an exotic pet store and the snake escaped his cage during the night and strangled them both. I personally do not care for reptiles and the rash of stories caught my attention.

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../2-boys-killed-by-python-canada_n_3...

Yep, SOTT has an article about this creepy story as well, just a bit more down the list
http://www.sott.net/article/264682-Escaped-python-kills-two-kids-in-New-Brunswick

And earlier, there was this article from France:
http://www.sott.net/article/264596-Bordeaux-Man-finds-2m-snake-in-his-car

We live in symbolic universe, so with all the other messages the universe is sending, this could be also a very disturbing sign of the times.

As for the creepiness in the animal world, there are also stories like this one.
http://www.sott.net/article/264701-Lobster-cannibalism-Crustaceans-starting-to-eat-each-other-probably-because-of-climate-change

Perhaps a reminder that snakes walk amonge us, as in snakes in suits.

 

[mabar]

I remember having read, from years back, in SOTT about snakes:
http://www.sott.net/article/139339-Fewer-copperheads-at-mountaintop-meet
http://www.sott.net/article/168182-Snakes-Salamanders-And-Other-Creatures-Thrive-In-Areas-With-Higher-Deer-Populations
http://www.sott.net/article/134509-Snakes-alive-Unusual-climate-conditions-bring-out-rattlers-galore-California
http://www.sott.net/article/163653-Brown-Tree-Snake-Could-Mean-Guam-Will-Lose-More-Than-Its-Birds
http://www.sott.net/article/149661-Python-Snakes-An-Invasive-Species-In-Florida-Could-Spread-To-One-Third-Of-US
http://www.sott.net/article/247124-Strange-snake-invasion-in-Kiev-region-leads-to-mass-killing-of-cattle
http://www.sott.net/article/247121-Muirhead-s-Mysteries-Strange-Snakes-Invade-a-Namibian-Town

 

[ianvr]

Sadly the snake was euthanised after killing the two boys.

Its such a sad story doesnt matter which way you look at it. The African snake should not have been in that store; it should have been left in the bush where it has its own habitat in Africa.

Those snakes can be very powerful and we always talk about poisonous snakes like the Black Mamba that can potentially kill a human within 30 minutes from being bitten. These pythons can kill a human within a few minutes.

Its not natural for the African python to kill something and move on to kill something else. They usually kill and then try to eat their prey. Strange behaviour.

 

[Anthony]

Sadly the snake was euthanised after killing the two boys.

Its such a sad story doesnt matter which way you look at it. The African snake should not have been in that store; it should have been left in the bush where it has its own habitat in Africa.

Those snakes can be very powerful and we always talk about poisonous snakes like the Black Mamba that can potentially kill a human within 30 minutes from being bitten. These pythons can kill a human within a few minutes.

Its not natural for the African python to kill something and move on to kill something else. They usually kill and then try to eat their prey. Strange behaviour.

The experts seem to be puzzled aswell.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/its-very-very-puzzling-snake-expert-mystified-by-new-brunswick-python-attack/article13610814/?cmpid=rss1

Pythons seeking food “always bite first” before constricting their prey with their coils, said Johan Marais, raising the question of how the snake killed the brothers without anyone hearing screams in the apartment where they were having a sleepover.

 

[Mountain Crown]

Man, this story has me thoroughly bummed out. :(

 

[Lilou]

My apologies for posting a dead link. I was totally creeped out by this story.

It seems that people get pythons as pets, then when they grow to huge sizes, they release them out in the wild, out of their natural habitat, where they encounter unsuspecting humans. It is tragic for everyone (snake and human).

Pythons in Florida have become a big problem. The pythons are eating up all the small mammals and impacting the ecosystem there. Os so I've read.

I just can't understand anyone who wants to keep a python as a pet in the first place!

 

[treesparrow]

After reading three stories about snakes on SOTT, I was told an even more horrific story that is making headline news everywhere. A 100 pound python killed a 4 and 6 year old in Canada while they slept at a family friends home. The friend owned an exotic pet store and the snake escaped his cage during the night and strangled them both. I personally do not care for reptiles and the rash of stories caught my attention.

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../2-boys-killed-by-python-canada_n_3...

Yep, SOTT has an article about this creepy story as well, just a bit more down the list
http://www.sott.net/article/264682-Escaped-python-kills-two-kids-in-New-Brunswick

And earlier, there was this article from France:
http://www.sott.net/article/264596-Bordeaux-Man-finds-2m-snake-in-his-car

We live in symbolic universe, so with all the other messages the universe is sending, this could be also a very disturbing sign of the times.

As for the creepiness in the animal world, there are also stories like this one.
http://www.sott.net/article/264701-Lobster-cannibalism-Crustaceans-starting-to-eat-each-other-probably-because-of-climate-change

Perhaps the symbolic message being relayed relates to 'serpents' in the sky? Take a look at this stunning image of the Chelyabinsk space rock and the serpentine smoke trail left in its wake.

Even more worrying maybe, if that's the message :(

 

[Ben]

Sadly the snake was euthanised after killing the two boys.

Its not natural for the African python to kill something and move on to kill something else. They usually kill and then try to eat their prey. Strange behaviour.

That also struck me as a very strange aspect of this story, snakes often eat multiple animals if they have the opportunity but they do not usually kill them 'in advance'. Captive pythons do not usually recognise humans as prey ( this one was possibly starving), and only the very largest females of the four largest species have any chance of swallowing an adult or even half grown human.

Irresponsible keepers like this give the rest of us a really bad name, it is possible to keep most nonvenemous snakes in captivity safely and with their needs well met. I have done it for years now. The foremost priority is that they are kept securely, and these incidents are ALWAYS a failure on the part of the human and not an animal which reacts largely on instinct.

For those who can't understand why people would have these animals in captivity, just consider that for every person who is genuinely phobic of them there is another who is equally fascinated by their beauty.

I am much more concerned about dangerous dogs in captivity. They maul people every year, nobody has been killed by a constrictor in this country, the UK, that I am aware of but it has happened serval times in the US. The culture of keepers in quite different.

Yes, I am aware that this is quite a sacred cow for me!

 

[Tigersoap]

Sadly the snake was euthanised after killing the two boys.
Its not natural for the African python to kill something and move on to kill something else. They usually kill and then try to eat their prey. Strange behaviour.

I probably have an over-active imagination but I was wondering if it would be possible that the snake was planted there to cover-up the murder of those two boys ?

(Edit : Some comments below the article suggest the same but there is no proof of suspicion at all for the moment.)

I have no knowledge of the behavior of snakes but that struck as odd nonetheless.


EDIT :

The preliminary autopsy results provide police with a key piece of evidence as they continue to investigate the events of that night – and the history of the snake.

“We still have … to get the complete final report, but right now the way that those two boys died is consistent with being attacked by a snake of that size,” said Sergeant Alain Tremblay. He told The Globe and Mail that the RCMP are waiting for the results of further tests. He said the pathologist has also taken tissue and blood samples to determine whether “the kids were breathing normally before they passed away.”

Sgt. Tremblay said that for everyone, including the pathologist, this is “learning experience” because “it’s probably the first case in Canada like this.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/autopsy-report-on-the-death-of-two-children-in-campbellton-new-brunswick/article13636297/

 

[Tigersoap]

Some news about the New Brunswick python.

http://www.sott.net/article/265290-New-Brunswick-python-pet-shop-owner-had-blood-on-his-hands

A reptile store owner under investigation for criminal negligence in the deaths of two boys after a large python escaped its enclosure had blood on his hands and shorts when police arrived at the scene in Campbellton, N.B., according to newly released court documents.

Where does the blood come from ? The python, the boys or somewhere else ?

 

[Deleted member 8431]

Very interesting catch my dear Tigersoap.

That is exactly one of the first thing that came to my mind.

How could the little boys not be awaken by a huge snake creeping in their beds and around them? Or when ceiling tiles fell down on the floor?

How could one boy get killed by it without the other one being awaken before getting killed as well and escape before it's too late?

Or maybe the first one got killed silently and the other woke up screaming when the snake got him but nobody heard him?

Anyway, sure thing is that I'm no reptile expert either.

But strange indeed. Lots of possibilities.

May these kids rest in peace.

 

[SMM]

The strange behaviour of animals recently has been puzzling... one of the things I was wondering about was contributing factors of cosmic changes.
Many possibilities though.

Someone may have been trying to convey a message with the two boys; sad story :(