I support gun control. Annoying kid blew the whistle
Posted on 06/23/2016 1:25:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A teenager is shocked to find a huge python in his backyard.
"I was just sitting on my couch, and I heard my dog barking. He was like in the middle of the yard, and I was like 'What's going on?' He's like barking at the side of the house,” said 15-year-old JC Lara.
That’s when Lara went outside to see what was bothering his dog.
"I come outside, and the snake is literally slithering in our yard, and I'm like 'Oh, no, this is a dream.' So, I shut the door and open it back up, and it's for sure not a dream. So, I go tell my dad,” Lara said.
It wasn’t just any snake either but a 14-foot-long python.
"My dad was like 'Hey, just go get the shovel' and I was like 'No, we need the gun. Like, this is a huge snake.' I didn't know how long it was at the time, but I knew it was big enough to eat someone, you know,” Lara said.
Lara and his dad shot and buried the snake, something Lara said they felt they had to do with several small kids living in the area.
“This is why we built the fence, for creatures not to get in and for them to actually play safe, and seeing that here is just scary,” Lara said.
Lara said they’ve seen small snakes in the area before but nothing as large as a python.
They buried all that good meat. Fillet, fry in garlic butter.
Shovel? Smart kid. “No. We need the gun!” Shovel works on small snakes that an effective strike will kill or disable quickly. A ninja might do fine with a shovel. lol
I remember living in Texas and having to revise my weapon of choice upon analyzing the size of a spider with a death sentence. The rolled up paper might piss it off. I had to go find one of my boots. I am a strong believer in overwhelming force.
Thought you would go for the 12 gauge.
“Can I keep him dad?”
“...and I was like...”, “....and he was like....”. I hope he was just talking like that due to nervousness.
You bet. A small nuke would be fine for such a nasty snake.
“My dad was like ‘Hey, just go get the shovel’ and I was like ‘No, we need the gun. Like, this is a huge snake.’ I didn’t know how long it was, you know,” Lara said. The snake gave me a look, like, you know, a big rattler, and said, “Boy, I mean, like, why you so upset?” “My ma screamed, “Like, wow, it learned English, no ‘oprima numero dos’.” ,...
I thought these things were only found in the FL Everglades...
Seven “likes” in the story.
Ugh.
Was its name Monty?
These things are like alligators; every one seen should be killed immediately. Neither are good for nothing but to kill.
Unfortunately that’s how most fifteen year olds talk these days.
More “likes” in a sentence than “umms and ahhhs” in a non teleprompter Obama speech.
Oklahoma, the natural environment of the Python and polar bear.
If you buy an animal because you like to watch it killing other animals, then have the guts to kill it yourself when you don’t want it anymore instead of turning it loose for your neighbor’s to deal with.
Exactly. I’d be checking out the neighborhood garage sales for a slightly used snake case.
Fang kills rattlesnakes & copperheads fairly often. Killed
one in the driveway, stretched clear across the driveway.
Wanted to dress it & freeze it. I said, “NO!” We ain’t
eating no snake even if we are starving!” That was that!
Shellfish give me migraines & snakes probably would. -
Fang did skin a rattler once & nailed it onto a board &
hung it over the door. It finally dried out and shed all
over the floor. He still has a rattler that he had
mounted by a taxidermist that looked so lifelike it scared
company. I took it over to his outbuilding. Fang kills
snakes with shovels, garden hoes, rocks, shoots ‘em; has
killed bunches in 30 yrs.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.