[GaryCrow]

I had a next door neighbor who had a 14' anaconda that he'd take out and wrap around his body to carry around. One day the snake decided he was food and started constricting him. He was about 6'5" and a former college football player, all muscled up and strong as a bull. He said it took every ounce of strength he had to get the snake off of him.

Snakes brains do basically mammal brain stem functions and little more. They don't recognize owners, friends, etc. You're either food, not food, a threat or not a threat. That's about as deep as they think. That day the snake decided my neighbor was food and he almost was.

[Myrddin]

One of my customers in Florida had multiple Burmese pythons. The big female was well over 10 ft. She had a nasty, snorting disposition. The 8 ft male was more docile. Like your neighbor, my customer was 6 ft 5 in. Former Marine.

My male Burmese python started at 18 inches and was 5 ft a year later. My wife was dangling a medium size rat in the snake's terrarium when it latched onto her hand between the thumb and index finger. I lifted the snake out of the terrarium and gently unhooked the teeth from my wife's hand. That was her line in the sand. We found a new home for "Monty" with a childless couple experienced in handling pythons.