Posted on 08/04/2005 10:49:53 AM PDT by kingattax
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) - The new residents of a Sedalia duplex were surprised to learn a 4-foot-6-inch constrictor didn't move out when the old residents left.
The family made the discovery Sunday when the ball python slithered out from under the dishwasher. The snakes like warm, humid air, making the dishwasher a perfect place to hide.
Stefanie Leafty had just told her two children - ages 5 and 3 - to get ready for bed when she saw something on the floor underneath the dishwasher.
"I thought it was a toy, and I was going to pick it up," she said.
Leafty says her mixed-breed Jack Russell terrier ran to sniff the snake, and that's when it moved. Leafty pulled the dog away way by its hind legs and told her children to run out of the house.
"I've never screamed so high in my life," she said.
Leafty's husband, Cordell, and their neighbor, Larry King, pulled the dishwasher out from under the counter and found the snake curled up on top. They dropped it into a pillowcase, and the family now plans to sell it and split the profits with King.
A previous renter in the duplex admitted the snake was his. He said it had escaped and he decided he didn't want it anymore.
Leafty, who recalls seeing a snake cage in the home before she moved into the duplex, said she started getting mad when the shock wore off.
"Could it have been in my kids' room while they were sleeping? Could it have been underneath the couch?" Stefanie Leafty asked. "That's the kind of stuff that scares me."
Whoa.
Was there a penguin on the telly?
Make mine a Viper, please. I'd even settle for a Cobra.
And now for something COMPLETELY different...
>>"I've never screamed so high in my life," she said.
I think that my wife would have to move to another house after that. :)
What is it with women and spiders and snakes?
That's a Ball Python. They're as docile as kittens. You'd be more likely to get attacked/injured by a ham sandwich.
Hey, they're great for keeping down rats and mice, so what her problem? ;O)
I remember a few years back Rush had a segment about how they were using Jack Russell's to kill snakes in Guam. IIRC, they were about that size and mildly poisonous.
Now for something completely different. IT'S
Spiders I can handle. But snakes that are big enough to eat small animals (and children) are a whole 'nother matter!
PHEW!, thank goodness it wasn't under the washer machine! ;-)
It isn't just women, if I don't see the snake before I get close to it ( step on/over it ) I have the "willies" for several hours after I do see it.
Well, women aren't as scary to me.
If I were your wife, we'd be moving.
Probably my favorite line of the day.
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