Escaped python kills two boys in Canada

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CANADIAN police say a python escaped from a pet store and made its way through a ventilation system before killing two boys while they slept.

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Published On: 06-Aug-13 06:32 AM
Source: via NEWS.com.au

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[Justdragons]

I really find this amazing.. sad but amazing.. I mean how common is this..? I dont have any monster snakes yet and i can respect their a mass of muscle and instinct but to kill 2 young sleeping boys seem a little odd. Id like to see the snake in question..

 

[marcus0002]

And it didn't eat them

 

[BeZaKa]

A little lite on details for my taste. What sort of snake? Did it kill then wait patiently to be caught with no intention to eat? Did it have a screw driver in its pocket to unscrew the vents in the ventilation system as I assume it was a decent size to do what it did. My sincerest and deepest condolences to the family, however I dislike articles being released for the sake of a headline. Feels like a lot of conclusions have been reached because it was easy to reach them.

 

[Varanoidea]

That just doesn't sound right. No disrespect to the family but it seems fishy that a snake happened to escape, get into the vents and kill two people seemingly unprovoked.

 

[Saxon_Aus]

according to the Age it was an "African rock python".

 

[Burnerism]

Next week - couple found guilty of strangling murder, try'd blaming it on snake. Hate to make light of a sad situation but it seems pretty suss atm. Ill wait for more details to emerge I think.

 

[Cold-B-Hearts]

does seem sus but a African rock pythons would fit the unlikely description well.

 

[BeZaKa]

Theres a photo on MSN. I'm no expert on rock pythons but the photo doesn't look like a standard. I would be keen to hear the opinion from someone who has seen the photo.

 

[humba_jumba]

Wouldn't one of the boys hear the python attacking the other?

 

[Justdragons]

15-feet long African rock python escapes from pet store, kills two boys (age 5 and 7) : TreeHugger

that..

 

[Justdragons]

even the comments there say its fishy.. me thinks it was foul play..

 

[JM1982]

Yeah dosent seem quite right to me either. :|

 

[ubermensch]

"It somehow punched a hole in the ceiling and dropped onto the small boys from above"

Read more: Snake escapes pet shop, strangles two boys to death | News.com.au

Seems legit! I can't count the number of times my pythons have 'punched' holes in the ceilings.
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[BeZaKa]

15-feet long African rock python escapes from pet store, kills two boys (age 5 and 7) : TreeHugger

that..

Nope different photo on MSN, me thinks they have just picked one out of a library :facepalm:

 

[BeZaKa]

"It somehow punched a hole in the ceiling and dropped onto the small boys from above"

Read more: Snake escapes pet shop, strangles two boys to death | News.com.au

Seems legit! I can't count the number of times my pythons have 'punched' holes in the ceilings.
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Yep its this photo on MSN

 

[Shotta]

reminds me of the time a burmese python that escaped from an unsecured enclosure an killed the couple's young daughte it didnt eat her just constricted her for warmth....

 

[hunterschamps]

Sounds like a very poorly made up story. The snake isnt just going to constrict 2 young boys and leave them there, its going to eat them.

 

[Pauls_Pythons]

Theres a photo on MSN. I'm no expert on rock pythons but the photo doesn't look like a standard. I would be keen to hear the opinion from someone who has seen the photo.

The pic I have seen looks like a Boa not a Rock Python

 

[Justdragons]

"It somehow punched a hole in the ceiling and dropped onto the small boys from above"

Read more: Snake escapes pet shop, strangles two boys to death | News.com.au

Seems legit! I can't count the number of times my pythons have 'punched' holes in the ceilings.
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Bahahah lol'd at that one..