What’s suspicious to me is that these boys play with the owner’s boy and that the owner’s boy was in a different room. It’s also suspicious that the owner attracts lots of young kids with his “zoo”. Based on what I’ve read, the mother of the dead boys doesn’t have a male presence in her home, and the owner of the snake has no female presence in his home. (In short, the reports doesn’t mention the father of the boys or the mother of the owner’s son.)
It’s suspicious to me that the snake smashed a hole in the ceiling and dropped down to attack the boys. It’s suspicious that the snake got out of its cage. It’s suspicious that it went through a ventilation system and then got out of that ventilation system.
This article says that one of the police said something like it’s “very, very unusual.”
Plus, the picture of the guy looks creepy.
So, while last night I was defending the idea that the snake would kill and not eat (I still think that’s within reason), I think there are other things about this case that stink.
A specialist at the Montreal Zoo has said this is unheard of behavior for a python or other constrictor snake. Supposedly, if threatened, they will bite rather than constrict. They constrict only if they are attacking prey as possible food, which he thought extremely unlikely. I’m not saying the snake didn’t do it, only that as you say, there are some odd circumstances here.
:-)
via National Geographic report which highlights
" Savoie told Global News that he made the horrific discovery when he went to check on the children in the morning."My body is in shock. I don't know what to think," he said. "I thought they were sleeping until I [saw] the hole in the ceiling. I turned the lights on and I [saw] this horrific scene."
FWIW, Savoie = The pet store owner, Jean-Claude Savoie. Why would a python poke a hole in the ceiling?