Snake in the Car
[Guest post by DRJ]
In another story from Austin, a driver found a snake slithering out of her air conditioning vent:
“The snake kept coming out, slowly, then stopped and looked around. “I’m thinking about 31/2, 4 inches of his body was hanging out of my vent,” Patty said. “I started screaming, ‘There’s a snake in the car.’ ” She was glad her brother Darryl Cruise, a musician, was along for the ride. He told Sis she should pull over. It was timely advice.
“I was about to slam on my brakes and possibly get in a wreck,” Patty said.
So Patty pulls the SUV over on the side of South Congress Avenue, south of Ben White Boulevard, near Hill’s Cafe. It was time for a hasty exit from the car. “We couldn’t get out of our seat belts fast enough,” Patty recalled. “I grabbed the baby, and I still see the snake coming out of my vent, looking around.”
Now she’s out on the street, and other drivers are watching her, wondering what the big problem is. “I didn’t realize I had lost a shoe. And I’m running around with the baby, one shoe, panicky. People are looking, wondering what is going on.”
The rest of the story, with a photo of the now deceased snake, at the link.
— DRJ
“Well, somebody crapped in my pants,” she said.
Now that part is funny, the rest of it, not so much. I’ll be checking my vents from now on. Ew.
em (017d3c) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:14 pmWhile we’re speaking of reptiles in unusual places, this is a link found on the above linked page:
MD in Philly (88a119) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:16 pmhttp://www.wsbtv.com/news/23620054/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss
I hate snakes. What was that remake of Thunderball where the Chinese lady kills a guy she doesn’t like by throwing a non-poisonous snake into his car? I could identify. (In the book, it was a handgrenade.)
Monsingnor Martinez (db4a41) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:25 pmBTW, can I be Monsignor Martinez and not nk for a day or two? I’m not hiding out from the government, I promise.
Monsingnor Martinez (db4a41) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:27 pmYou may, but try to get the spelling right.
DRJ (d43dcd) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:28 pmMD,
That alligator looks right at home, doesn’t he?
DRJ (d43dcd) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:29 pmAw, forget it.
nk (db4a41) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:34 pmThere’s a reason I like one syllable words.
nk (db4a41) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:36 pmYep, just takin’ a stroll through the neighborhood, DRJ.
Rumor has it that a state trooper from AZ visiting his brother in GA saw it, thought it might have been an “undocumented alien”, and asked for papers. When he received a wide open jaw and a gutteral hissing sound, he took that as being uncooperative.
After being subdued, ID listing him as “nk” was found, but he did not match the picture. The whereabouts of “nk” is unknown, but police are hopeful as the gator’s footprints do not register with the FBI data bank of known violent criminals.
President Obama was satisfied upon learning that the gator was not out to get ice cream.
MD in Philly (88a119) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:39 pmHeh. Nice wrap-up of recent news in one current event story, MD.
DRJ (d43dcd) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:47 pmI have never understood why snakes scare the holy hell out of some people.
JD (d55760) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:50 pmHeh! You’ll never get me, coppers!
nk (db4a41) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:51 pm11.I have never understood why snakes scare the holy hell out of some people.
Comment by JD — 5/20/2010
It goes back to an old Bill Cosby monologue from the 60’s, but you had to be there. But it is reasonable, I mean you’d never expect a pit bull or mountain lion to jump out of your ac vent, now would you?
nk- calm down, they just want to make sure you’re ok after your ID was found on an illegal. Don’t say anything in Greek and you’ll escape detection.
Thank you, DRJ. Not sure if that is creativity or sleep-deprivation hallucinations kicking in. Buenas Noches, todos! (What? Spanish? My ID is just down the hall, really, I can show you…)
MD in Philly (88a119) — 5/20/2010 @ 8:59 pmDorme bien, Doctor en Philadelphia.
nk (db4a41) — 5/20/2010 @ 9:03 pmYo me voy dormir, tambien.
nk (db4a41) — 5/20/2010 @ 9:03 pmJD (8:50 pm), it’s funny how the two adults in the car thought they were dealing with a copperhead or rattler, but it turned out to be only a bull snake or rat snake. Yeah, it is interesting how some people get really freaked out about snakes.
JVW (08e86a) — 5/20/2010 @ 9:11 pmI hate it when people kill snakes, even rattlers.
Arizona Bob (e8af2b) — 5/20/2010 @ 9:51 pmJVW – Are copperheads even indigenous to the area? The freaking snake was only 18 inches long. You would have thought is was a 12 foot long mamba.
JD (d55760) — 5/20/2010 @ 10:17 pmHere in Az we get plenty of snakes. Not scared, but I do respect them. Especially the rattlers. We also get sidewinders, pink ones, king snakes et al. My neighbor went through the whole gamut when I moved here explaining them to me. Which were dangerous, which were benign, colors to watch out for, etc. Only problem is: I’m color blind…
gazzer (7c0559) — 5/20/2010 @ 10:59 pmI’d much rather deal with a snake in the car than have all those snakes in Washington.
PatriotRider (8d9a6f) — 5/21/2010 @ 5:46 amA neighbor here in Central FL recently killed a 4.5 foot diamondback in his yard. I witnessed the incident through heavy lenses from a strategic location down the block.
navyvet (206534) — 5/21/2010 @ 6:28 amThe lady found a Democrat in Austin? Who knew? The only surprise is that it would bother trying to get her car by going through the air conditioning instead of by going through the Obama Administration.
Mark L (0ccd61) — 5/21/2010 @ 8:20 amKilling non-poisonous snakes is dumb, unless they’re non-native species. The vet should know better.
RickZ (41d0ce) — 5/21/2010 @ 9:47 am