Large rat snake discovered hiding in shopping carts at Walmart in Texas

Fox News ^ | May 27, 2019 | Travis Fedschun

[Innovative]

A cart attendant at a Walmart in Texas got quite the scare on Friday after discovering a large rat snake in a group of shopping carts.

The Northeast Police Department said in a Facebook post that the reptile had worked its way into the group of carts at a return area of the Walmart in Cross Roads, located north of Dallas.

"A loud scream across the parking lot at Walmart drew the attention of an NEPD Officer who was patrolling the area, at dusk this evening," the department said.

[Innovative]

This will probably cut down on the shopping crowds at Walmart.

[ASOC]

What Beto doing at a WallMart?

[csvset]

Better the snake than the rat.

[proud American in Canada]

Should have happened right before Black Friday

[texas booster]

It’s a rat snake. Leave the them alone and they’ll keep the rats down.

Very good climbers and can scale walls.

[dljordan]

“It’s a rat snake. Leave the them alone and they’ll keep the rats down.”

I climbed the ladder going to the loft in my barn and what did I come face to face with? Yep. I’m just glad it wasn’t a Copperhead.

[Teacher317]

“Large”? It’s not even 4ft. Barely into the adult stages.

[deport]

[mabarker1]

It just wanted to ride the carts into the A/C and maybe keep the Deli area clean.

[mabarker1]

Pet Ping

[deport]

One bite will do you

The one person bit by the large rat snake was a man known as "The Snake
Charmer" brought in to contain the reptile. (Northeast Police Department)

[Carriage Hill]

Those things are better than a vacuum in cleaning out unwanted critters, and are harmless to humans.

[sockmonkey]

Here in TX, my Vet “loans” them out to people who have a rat/mouse problem. Just place the snake in the crawl space under the house, My Vet insists the sounds of screaming rodents soon follow.

[ConservativeMind]

This is an excellent animal to have around, folks.

[Chode]

10 bucks says it was put there

[Larry Lucido]

I don’t recall coming across any rat snakes in Dallas.

I do recall some nutria. I hear they are a kind of rat.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Give it a job as a greeter...

[gov_bean_ counter]

Give it a job as a greeter...

[basalt]

what a awesome looking snake.....

[Vaquero]