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Posted on 03/17/2025 10:10:58 PM PDT by Morgana
Security footage circulated on social media showed people waving pythons around in a Tennessee gas station in an apparent attempt to steal cannabis oil.
Employees reported seeing the group of snake-wielding men and women inside the Citgo truck stop on Highway 138 in Denmark, a small town roughly 75 miles outside of Memphis.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office, which provided photos of the March 4 incident, said the suspects were holding two pythons and stole about $400 worth of CBD oil, WREG reported.
The video showed the men placing the snakes on the counter. One was completely coiled up, while the other was seen flailing in one of the men's hands.
Mayur Raval said he and his brother were working at the store at the time and said two men and two women walked into the store with the snakes.
'They were just waving them around and putting them on the counter,' Raval said. 'One person brought in one snake first, and then after that, he brought in another snake. One is white, and one is brown or a mix.'
Raval said the men swiped the CBD oil from the counter but thinks the only reason they didn't steal more is because there were too many other customers around.
'They pulled their car up to the front of the door,' said Raval. 'I think they planned to successfully come here and rob the store. The snake is a weapon, you know.'
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The clerk should have pulled out his own python, a Colt Python.
Great idea.
Pot heads doing stupid things.
If the “big bad ‘ snakes were peaceful enough to be hand carried into the shop, without even a cage to hold them, they might be a pair of those peaceful pythons, the kind used to being handled and not needing to hunt for their food
But the average person will be nervous around that much snake, and may freeze up.
When I think of Ball Pythons, I think of this huge yellow one that Brittany Spears once draped around her shoulders like an ermine stole, as she sang on stage. This was a long time ago.
In Tennessee? Hell, they play with timber rattlers in church there!
Probably Florida men on vacation, maybe seeing their cousins up in Tennessee and Arkansas way.
Pythons, not indigo or black snakes,so I am not sure these qualify as assault weapons.
You would think the station owners wouldn’t be impressed by anything less than a King Cobra.
Heck yeah. Best comeback of the day.
Aw man!
Id’a had free snakes!!!
She had a Burm python.
Balls are too small.
Lol!
"Now! Poke him with the soft cushion..."
Is the reporter sure they weren't just witnessing a religious ceremony?
Regards,
Always with the sledge hammer! Extreme measures like a total ban are unnecessary! All we need are sensible snake laws.
The video showed the men placing the snakes on the counter. One was completely coiled up, while the other was seen flailing in one of the men's hands.
It was the flailing snake's first hold-up. It was a little nervous, but otherwise acquitted itself admirably.
'They were just waving them around and putting them on the counter,' Raval said. 'One person brought in one snake first, and then after that, he brought in another snake. One is white, and one is brown or a mix.'
Was Raval referring to the people, or the snakes?
Regards,
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