Posted on 07/12/2014 6:47:51 AM PDT by njslim
A new danger has been lurking in the waters of the largest lake in New Jersey, in the form of a potentially dangerous snake. As CBS 2’s Tracee Carrasco reported, a boa constrictor that could be up to 20 feet long is on the loose around Lake Hopatcong, and neighbors have been worried.
Watch out there! You are talking about my people........... well MrD’s people actually. :)
Keep a shotgun in your truck and you’ll be just fine.
>>It is absolutely impossible that a large constrictor survived this past Northeastern winter (or any other winter) in the wild. <<
Could one live in the sewer system of a city or underneath an apartment building and feed on rats?
In the town next to me with a high Italian population, almost everyone lost their fig trees due to the cold. The blueberry bushes got hit really hard too. They already have the picking machines in the fields
“A” shotgun? You mean just one? shawwwww! This is the UH Ranch you are talking about! :)
Definitely could live on rats. I don't know anything about the temperature of a sewer system, but if the temperature were in the right range, I suppose so.
Everyone’s been pretty comical on this thread... I’m heading to Lake Hopatcong for a 10 day stay this coming Wednesday. This has been our summer home for my entire lifetime.
If any Lake Hopatcong Freepers are on this thread: can you tell me about where this thing was spotted? We’ll obviously take precautions but this gives me the willies.
T’all need some gators up there!
You might find out first whether the boa makes good chili.
Jest sayin’
Yes we have snakes here in MTNs NC and they go underground in winter...10-15 below -0- about once a winter...otherwise mild winters.
That said, the snakes come out every summer to play, so why would that big one be any different...I am not a snake person but know they don’t all die in winter.
The snake, whatever it is, will be dead of poisoning any day now.
Studies have shown that Lake Hopatcong is 74% water, 26% “other.”
Why should I do that when I can get buffalo?
That is an excellent point. Buffalo rules.
Expert: Lake Hopatcong snake an anaconda, but I was 'sworn to keep my mouth shut'
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