Still Waters Posted August 19, 2009 #1 Share Posted August 19, 2009 A woman in Chard, Somerset, with a fear of snakes opened a shopping bag and found a three-foot long python curled up inside. Lesley Coles, 63, made the frightening discovery at her home. She was planning to go shopping in town and went to get a hessian shopping bag from the bottom of a cupboard. But after her pet papillon cross dog, Trixie, started barking frantically she immediately dropped the bag on the floor. "I looked inside and I saw a snake," she said. "I'm terrified of snakes and I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I was shaking for ages afterwards - I was scared to death. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Nyx_ Posted August 19, 2009 #2 Share Posted August 19, 2009 my sister found a copperhead wrapped around a box of cereal in her cupboard once...she's still traumatized... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Wolfman Posted August 19, 2009 #3 Share Posted August 19, 2009 my sister found a copperhead wrapped around a box of cereal in her cupboard once...she's still traumatized... i would too....i wonder how it got in her kitchen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Nyx_ Posted August 19, 2009 #4 Share Posted August 19, 2009 i would too....i wonder how it got in her kitchen? at the time she was living in this really scuzzy trailer and they ended up finding 2 more plus a big black snake that apparently was stalking the copperheads..she moved out after that...she swore that for a couple weeks before finding them she kept smelling cucumbers; which is a characteristic of copperheads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Wolfman Posted August 19, 2009 #5 Share Posted August 19, 2009 at the time she was living in this really scuzzy trailer and they ended up finding 2 more plus a big black snake that apparently was stalking the copperheads..she moved out after that...she swore that for a couple weeks before finding them she kept smelling cucumbers; which is a characteristic of copperheads... i would have been gone too......like the speed of light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Nyx_ Posted August 19, 2009 #6 Share Posted August 19, 2009 i would have been gone too......like the speed of light yeah, she wasted no time finding somewhere else to live....she'll also never live down the full blown hysteria she caused, either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Wolfman Posted August 19, 2009 #7 Share Posted August 19, 2009 yeah, she wasted no time finding somewhere else to live....she'll also never live down the full blown hysteria she caused, either i heard that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Honeybadger Posted August 19, 2009 #8 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hope she kept the receipt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted August 19, 2009 #9 Share Posted August 19, 2009 yeah, she wasted no time finding somewhere else to live....she'll also never live down the full blown hysteria she caused, either I'd still be searching every inch of my new house before anyone got any peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSot Posted August 19, 2009 #10 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I used to have pet birds, and always had trouble with snakes getting into the bird cages. One day I was grabbing my tackle box and a snake was right behind it. Did I mention that this was in my bedroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silver Thong Posted August 19, 2009 #11 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I would have kept it as a pet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xThunder Posted August 19, 2009 #12 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Well, good thing her pets didn't end up as dinner. We get black rat snakes around here all the time. Found one in the bathtub once. They don't bother me much, though. They keep out the field mice. Something venomous on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear's Quest Posted August 20, 2009 #13 Share Posted August 20, 2009 The stories here brought some memories of my grandparents huge bird-bath out on the front lawn, one day I caught a glance of it and noticed small frogs leaping all around in it until it stopped. I was curious and walked slowly towards it and out slithered a snake. It made its way to the sideyard where thier garden was and so I followed it for a while until my grandfather yelled at me, "Get away from it!" I caused quite an uproar after I yelling "snake! snake! snake!" He grabbed a shovel and went and killed it and then showed it to me. It was big to me for I was only five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoidwoman Posted August 20, 2009 #14 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I'm glad the python was rehomed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuronin Posted August 20, 2009 #15 Share Posted August 20, 2009 How did it get in there?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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