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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
I can't find it at the moment but more recent investigations indicate that the Burmese Python scourge in the Everglades wasn't caused by negligent snake owners but rather it was a snake research facility that was destroyed by a hurricane and as a result some of the snakes escaped.
I agree that something isn't right with this story. Snakes don't generally kill and try to eat people, especially two in the same night. They usually only kill to eat. I don't want to speculate too much since this is a tragic event but it wouldn't surprise me if the snake coiled around the boys for warmth and ended up killing them. A similar thing happened a few years ago, although, in that case they also found a bite mark on the child which was more likely a predatory behaviour. Also, that was a Rock Python IIRC which are more temperamental.
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We don't know enough here to really know what happened but I am very curious if the boys were sleeping lying beside eachother or in seperate beds. Also how did neither boy wake up? If they were lying down sleeping how did a big snake gets it body under them without waking them up? I just see too many red flags here. Rock pythons are almost always agressive and I never recommend anyone keep one of those. The autopsy should give more answers, it just seems weird. Can't say I am impressed by the the statement given by the RCMP constable either, I think she is jumping to a conclusion far too early in the investigation by saying she believes the boys were strangled by the snake. I bet she doesn't know jack crap about snakes. At any rate I would have given the facts about the snake being present to the media but would have made it clear that the investigation into the cause of death is still ongoing. If I was her super I would probably tear her a new one for making that statement.