Officer Lori Barnes grabbed hold of the snake and held on. "It really, really showed it was fine and it was really powerful when the officer tried to grab," said Kyle Purdy, 16, who found the snake. "It really put up quite a fight."
Posted on 08/15/2009 12:27:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono
EUGENE, Ore. - The owner of a 10-foot-long Burmese python found on a Eugene-area road has come forward to claim it. And Lane County Animal Services says the snake owner says he plans to give the snake to someone who can care for it better.
The snake story began Tuesday night when a 16-year-old driver with a learner's permit accidentally backed over the snake as he and his father tried to figure out what was in the road.
Police were called and Officer Lori Barnes grabbed hold of the reptile to keep it from slithering away. A veterinarian checked the snake and said it was fine despite the car encounter.
Officer Lori Barnes grabbed hold of the snake and held on. "It really, really showed it was fine and it was really powerful when the officer tried to grab," said Kyle Purdy, 16, who found the snake. "It really put up quite a fight."
WHY do people keep those kind of snakes?
They’re cute when small?
Its the people that keep the deadly poisonous ones in their trailer that scare me. Especially here in Florida where the exotic ones have a chance of surviving in the wild.
Yeah, guys...who hasn't?
Since they’re so common as “pets” and just keep growing, and growing, and growing, sometimes getting up to 25 ft. and 300 lb., the owner is going to have real trouble finding someone else to take the critter.
Since they can eat babies, dogs and cats it puzzles me also. A lady I know told me she loves big snakes but I am not sure if we were communicating properly.
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