Free Republic

a family noticed something strange poking its head out from behind an ornament — the most poisonous snake in South Africa. A quick internet search revealed that the reptile was the nation’s most venomous snake, the deadly boomslang. Wild immediately sent snake-catcher Gerrie Heyns a photo of the tree interloper, circling the snake’s head. But the situation was so ridiculous, Heyns dismissed it as a joke. “I drove over to theirs, telling them not to take their eyes off it in case it slithered away from the Christmas tree and found itself a hiding place in their home.” “I would...