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Rent-a-car..LOL
alledan
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Kentucky Man Finds Python in Rental Car
Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:55 AM EDT
The Associated Press
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - The next time Dan McBride rents a car, he may want to inspect it not just for dings and dents but also for snakes.
The assistant athletic director at Eastern Kentucky University found a two-foot-long ball python in his rental car this week as he left the Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament in Paducah.
McBride got into his car Wednesday night with a colleague and saw the snake draped across the console.
McBride said he thought it was a rubber snake someone put there as a joke. He even gave the snake a pat and put the car into drive.
As he drove toward the exit, the snake lifted its head. McBride hit the brakes, then started to get out of the car. But the snake was on the gear shift, forcing McBride to keep his foot on the brake.
"You can't act tough when you are sitting a foot and a half away from a snake," said his colleague, Simon Gray.
The snake was captured, and was being held until its owner comes to claim it, authorities said.
Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:55 AM EDT
The Associated Press
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - The next time Dan McBride rents a car, he may want to inspect it not just for dings and dents but also for snakes.
The assistant athletic director at Eastern Kentucky University found a two-foot-long ball python in his rental car this week as he left the Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament in Paducah.
McBride got into his car Wednesday night with a colleague and saw the snake draped across the console.
McBride said he thought it was a rubber snake someone put there as a joke. He even gave the snake a pat and put the car into drive.
As he drove toward the exit, the snake lifted its head. McBride hit the brakes, then started to get out of the car. But the snake was on the gear shift, forcing McBride to keep his foot on the brake.
"You can't act tough when you are sitting a foot and a half away from a snake," said his colleague, Simon Gray.
The snake was captured, and was being held until its owner comes to claim it, authorities said.
Comments
I can see walking around a black bear - maybe - but all
these guys running and screaming from snakes is actually
pretty funny! My kids and grandkids - everybody's kids
and grandkids, I know, either have pet snakes or have had
pet snakes. With just a few exceptions, most Western kids
love lizards and snakes.
We've had numerous ball pythons and unless they are really
hungry, they won't bite. Even if they do the worst thing
you have to deal with are a few drops of blood - very sharp
needle teeth - they leave small holes. Big deal.
Last week on Cops, I casually watched two 260 pound (or bigger)
FL cops beat a hapless black snake to death with their night
sticks. The two patrol cops were so afraid of it that their
supervisor was called to dispatch it. Fascinating!
I wouldn't be surprised to hear that some departments are
issuing garter snake grenades, or flame throwers!
Men should start acting like men - too many grown mama's boys
out there! It's downright embarrassing![:(!]
they should come under "pest" labels.[xx(] up, left a little, fire !![:p]
[xx(]barto[xx(]
Any damn snake on MY dashboard is gonna sleep with ol T-rex that night!
[xx(]barto[xx(]
The movie " Rainman " keeps flashing in my mind. Going to K-Mart.. K-mart.. to get underware.. k-mart for underware..