3girls2luv
07-31-2008, 11:20 AM
This was found close to where I live just about two blocks away!!!! I would have died if I had found it.
A local resident from the Southside found a 10-foot Python outside his home Tuesday and managed to wrestle it into an animal carrier.
Animal control officers said the dangerous reptile is not native to the Coastal Bend and should never have been in the neighborhood.
"Python snakes are constrictors and they can wrap around and cause suffocation to animals and even to people," Animal Control Officer Richard Gould warned.
Robert Rodriguez's small dog was the first to sniff out the trouble. Then, he saw the python at his house and wrangled with it.
"He said he heard a tapping at the door and his dog was barking. When he looked outside, he didn't see a person but, instead, a massive snake," Online Reporter Lauren Williamson said.
"It was hissing at me and its stomach was huge like it had probably just eaten something, but then it was coming for my dog and I said, 'Oh no!'," Rodriguez said.
Then, the python slithered through the grass, around the house and began climbing up the wall.
"It moved pretty fast. I was there, trying to grab it but that thing was so powerful it threw me over," Rodriguez said.
Although, he managed to coil it onto a pitchfork and dump it into an animal carrier.
Animal Control officers said the do-it-yourself method may have worked for Rodriguez, but it is best to let the experts handle slippery situations like this.
If no one claims the python, it will be shipped to snake experts at the University of Texas in El Paso.
Online Reporter: Lauren Williamson
A local resident from the Southside found a 10-foot Python outside his home Tuesday and managed to wrestle it into an animal carrier.
Animal control officers said the dangerous reptile is not native to the Coastal Bend and should never have been in the neighborhood.
"Python snakes are constrictors and they can wrap around and cause suffocation to animals and even to people," Animal Control Officer Richard Gould warned.
Robert Rodriguez's small dog was the first to sniff out the trouble. Then, he saw the python at his house and wrangled with it.
"He said he heard a tapping at the door and his dog was barking. When he looked outside, he didn't see a person but, instead, a massive snake," Online Reporter Lauren Williamson said.
"It was hissing at me and its stomach was huge like it had probably just eaten something, but then it was coming for my dog and I said, 'Oh no!'," Rodriguez said.
Then, the python slithered through the grass, around the house and began climbing up the wall.
"It moved pretty fast. I was there, trying to grab it but that thing was so powerful it threw me over," Rodriguez said.
Although, he managed to coil it onto a pitchfork and dump it into an animal carrier.
Animal Control officers said the do-it-yourself method may have worked for Rodriguez, but it is best to let the experts handle slippery situations like this.
If no one claims the python, it will be shipped to snake experts at the University of Texas in El Paso.
Online Reporter: Lauren Williamson