# Escaped python kills 2 kids - something doesn't feel right here. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511 "2013-08-06T18:35:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/141 "2013-08-10T01:15:38Z")
radio reports the store is now empty of animals. besides the rock python there were other illegal animals. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/142 "2013-08-10T02:34:41Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > It’s still a shame that the first thing they did was “euthanize” the snake. They need evidence that the snake did or did not attack the kids. I’m sure such a snake was not only euthanized but also had a necropsy performed. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/143 "2013-08-10T04:07:40Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Good grief. Someone has a python in the house, a wild creature that is famed worldwide for being a highly efficient jungle predator, and people are dubious that it could have possibly been a danger to two little kids? Of course it was a potential danger. But it was a danger to _one_ kid, not two. People are questioning its atypical behavior in killing two kids and not eating either, not the fact that it might kill and eat a child of that size. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/144 "2013-08-10T09:58:05Z")
Rock pythons will become the new Pit Bulls. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/145 "2013-08-10T10:46:31Z")
Then I recommend Rock Lobsters. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/146 "2013-08-15T06:28:29Z")
Is there anything new on this story, or did the 'White American Kidnapped Girl" trump all other news stories? I still cry “Shinanagins!” on the “Snake did it” story. I want more info! Anything? ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/147 "2013-08-15T12:56:38Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Is there anything new on this story, or did the 'White American Kidnapped Girl" trump all other news stories? > > I still cry “Shinanagins!” on the “Snake did it” story. I want more info! Anything? The latest I’ve seen is that the [ventilation fan](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/08/14/nb-python-campbellton-boys-escaped.html) in the ceiling of the enclosure had been removed and that is how the snake got out. Criminal investigation is still proceeding. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/148 "2013-08-15T17:30:27Z")
I’m seeing reports by UK “news sources”, fox news, huffington post and any number of blogs that this is now a murder investigation but despite several minutes of searching I’ve been unable to find a Canadian source for this rumour. Has anyone seen a reliable source for this update? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/149 "2013-08-15T18:40:24Z")
Everything I’ve seen says ‘criminal investigation.’ ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/150 "2013-08-15T20:01:07Z")
This happened a few hours away from me and there is not a lot of coverage on the local news lately. Last I heard was they destroyed some of the other reptiles he had onsite, some of which were illegal. Here’s a CBC article from yesterday [Python enclosure in N.B. boys' deaths had 'flaw' | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/08/14/nb-python-campbellton-boys-escaped.html) ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/151 "2013-08-16T00:30:26Z")
I’m still hoping to see an actual autopsy report, somewhere, somehow. “Asphyxiation” in the press just doesn’t answer all my questions adequately. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/152 "2013-08-16T10:34:59Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Is there anything new on this story, or did the 'White American Kidnapped Girl" trump all other news stories? Sometimes the “White American Kidnapped Girl” story is actually compelling, despite the fact that it’s about a white American girl. The snake story would be more compelling if they’d release, you know, actual information. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/153 "2013-08-16T14:21:32Z")
Yeah. The snake may or may not have been female, but it was neither white nor American. Double fail. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/154 "2013-08-16T15:37:38Z")
There were, however, two kidsnapping. Still no info? Dedgum. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/155 "2013-08-16T15:53:17Z")
I see what you did there! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/156 "2013-08-16T16:25:24Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > There were, however, two kidsnapping. > > Still no info? Dedgum. lol! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/157 "2013-08-17T00:02:06Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > And believe it or not, we do in fact have very competent detectives and coroners in Canada, even in New Brunswick. Balderdash, **Leaffan** , if your Canadian detectives and coroners are as “competent” (read as “air quotes”) as you allege, they would not be focusing attention on the snake in question. That snake is merely a red herring (figuratively speaking, of course—a real herring, no matter what color it was, is **not** capable of inflicting fatal wounds of a constrictive nature). American detectives and coroners, who truly are competent (notice, no air quotes), would be actively searching for the actual weapon (yes, I said weapon) used in this double homicide—the “smoking gun!” (real quote marks). More precisely, in this case, they are looking for the “smoking snake”—a very large rubber snake. The reptile-store man is obviously a conniving, budding serial killer who kills his victims by wrapping a large rubber snake around them, then pulling the ends tight. Then, he fingers (non-sexually) the real snake, making it the pigeon (figuratively speaking). It’s a dastardly and devious modus operandi. Frankly, I’m surprised a Canadian criminal could come up with something that brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/158 "2013-08-17T00:05:52Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > Balderdash, **Leaffan** , if your Canadian detectives and coroners are as “competent” (read as “air quotes”) as you allege, they would not be focusing attention on the snake in question. That snake is merely a red herring (figuratively speaking, of course—a real herring, no matter what color it was, is **not** capable of inflicting fatal wounds of a constrictive nature). > > American detectives and coroners, who truly are competent (notice, no air quotes), would be actively searching for the actual weapon (yes, I said weapon) used in this double homicide—the “smoking gun!” (real quote marks). > > More precisely, in this case, they are looking for the “smoking snake”—a very large rubber snake. The reptile-store man is obviously a conniving, budding serial killer who kills his victims by wrapping a large rubber snake around them, then pulling the ends tight. Then, he fingers (non-sexually) the real snake, making it the pigeon (figuratively speaking). It’s a dastardly and devious modus operandi. Frankly, I’m surprised a Canadian criminal could come up with something that brilliant. That made me chuckle, and I hope I get the sarcasm. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/159 "2013-08-17T00:15:13Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > That made me chuckle, and I hope I get the sarcasm. Thanks. Huh? Sarcasm? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511/160 "2013-08-17T04:22:46Z")
with the bad press they are on the [del]run[/del] [del]crawl[/del] slither. > **[40 pythons found in Brantford, Ont., motel | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/40-pythons-found-in-brantford-ont-motel-1.1327656)** > > Forty pythons have been seized from a Brantford, Ont., motel, police say, after the snakes were found in several plastic storage bins. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-python-kills-2-kids-something-doesnt-feel-right-here/665511.md?page=9)