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Woman was 'wearing' snake during fatal crash
Bay City News ^ | 01-03-2005

Posted on 01/05/2005 7:41:10 AM PST by lindor

Rohnert Park -- Police have identified a woman who was apparently wearing a live boa constrictor as a fashion accessory when she was killed in a single-car crash early New Year's Day.

Rohnert Park police Sgt. Art Sweeney said Margaret Ann Walters, 29, of Cotati, died when her Saab slammed broadside into a grove of redwood trees in the center divide of the Rohnert Park Expressway near Rancho Verde Mobile Home Park.

Sweeney said an open container of alcohol was found in the vehicle and toxicology tests to determine if Walters was intoxicated are pending. He said Walters was returning home from a New Year's Eve party when the accident occurred at 3:10 a.m.

Rohnert Park public safety Sgt. Wulff Reinhold, who responded to the crash, got a surprise when he reached through a broken window of the car to check for a pulse on Walters' neck, Sweeney said.

Reinhold noticed Walters' clothing "rustled" and discovered a 3-feet-long boa constrictor on her person.

Sweeney said an autopsy ruled out the possibility that the snake strangled Walters.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
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To: steplock
where was the snake when the wreck occurred? Maybe she was .... errrr... in shall we say an ecstatic state ???

Tube snake?
41 posted on 01/05/2005 8:13:15 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Rap - the other Disco)
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To: lindor

"Sweeney said an open container of alcohol was found in the vehicle ..."

Was the snake drinking?


42 posted on 01/05/2005 8:13:18 AM PST by Buck W. (How can anyone who works for a living vote democrat?)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

I wish I could get past my snake phobia to try that as I cringe at just the thought of touching one. I know it's irrational, but that's just me.


43 posted on 01/05/2005 8:13:41 AM PST by lindor (If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?)
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To: lindor
Reinhold noticed Walters' clothing "rustled" and discovered a 3-feet-long boa constrictor on her person.

My only hope is that Sgt. Reinhold's reaction to his discovery of the boa constrictor has been caught on video.

44 posted on 01/05/2005 8:16:16 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: lindor
Even Children are into it!


45 posted on 01/05/2005 8:21:31 AM PST by theDentist (Jerry Springer: PBS for White Trash)
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To: BibChr
Expect legislation.

"Mister speaker, How many more must die?!!!"

46 posted on 01/05/2005 8:21:40 AM PST by Jimmyclyde (Dying ain't much of a living boy...)
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To: ErnBatavia

In MY yard that sucker would have been dead!!!


47 posted on 01/05/2005 8:30:38 AM PST by Grammy
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To: lindor
Huh. What a coincidence.
I, too, have been accused of having a three-foot snake on my person. [/brag]
48 posted on 01/05/2005 8:32:19 AM PST by Ignatz (Strategic Air Command: Peace is our profession...........bombing's just a hobby!)
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To: Jimmyclyde
You non Californians don't understand our culture.

The legislation WON'T be to outlaw driving with snakes. It will be along the lines of,-- All snakes must be in an approved "child-snake safe type seat" All cars sold in California will be required to provide these devices within 2 years.

I sense a lawsuit against Saab for not anticipating this episode and providing a warning label against driving intoxicated while wearing a snake around your neck.

49 posted on 01/05/2005 8:38:51 AM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: lindor

Another victim of reptile dysfunction.


50 posted on 01/05/2005 8:40:04 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: marmar

I thought it was the sharpest bulb? ;-)


51 posted on 01/05/2005 8:42:45 AM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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To: ErnBatavia

Did the rattler bite you, Ern?

If so, did you die?


52 posted on 01/05/2005 8:51:34 AM PST by Ole Okie
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To: lindor

Anyone remember the Jim Carey skit on SNL??


"Ride the Snake...."


53 posted on 01/05/2005 9:16:06 AM PST by Tennessee_Bob (Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?)
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To: lindor

LOL.

Wardrobe AND brain malfunction . . . at least . . . cranial cavity malfunction.

Darwin award candidate?


54 posted on 01/05/2005 9:27:16 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
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To: lindor

Took the words right out of my mouth!

LOL


55 posted on 01/05/2005 9:27:47 AM PST by exnavychick (I'm no expert, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night!)
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To: StrictTime

bump


56 posted on 01/05/2005 9:29:41 AM PST by StrictTime (New Year's Resolution #1 : Stop FReeping so much and clean my house.)
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To: Borax Queen

Anybody you know?


57 posted on 01/05/2005 9:29:41 AM PST by .38sw
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To: JoeV1

< Your fear is irrational. >

Yes. Ummm...I used the term "phobia". Did you think I didn't know what that meant?

It's irrational... but it's real.


58 posted on 01/05/2005 9:30:12 AM PST by GOP_Proud (Those who proclaim tolerance have the least for my views.)
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To: Recovering Hermit

no, no.

The scale of this was series and hugh. Was it showering at the time?

Where was the moose? Trying to cross the road?

Was the woman or the snake eating cheese?


59 posted on 01/05/2005 9:30:12 AM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
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To: .38sw

LOL! Amazingly, no.


60 posted on 01/05/2005 9:31:00 AM PST by Borax Queen (America the Beautiful)
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