# Why is there boa in the street outside our house? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974 "2014-06-03T22:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/1 "2014-06-03T22:51:40Z")
Feather, not constrictor. It’s just lying there, and I’m trying to imagine how it got there? A little girl, running late for dance class, and didn’t notice she’d dropped it? A surreptitious drag queen parade in the middle of the night? Help me out here, Dopers! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/2 "2014-06-03T22:56:24Z")
Maybe someone was aiming for the power line and missed? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/3 "2014-06-03T23:11:44Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > A little girl, running late for dance class, and didn’t notice she’d dropped it? This would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/4 "2014-06-04T01:46:32Z")
Garment for an actual boa, no longer needed now that it’s warm outside? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/5 "2014-06-04T02:32:52Z")
Uh, it has feathers. It flew there! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/6 "2014-06-04T02:48:04Z")
hooker. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/7 "2014-06-04T02:57:34Z")
Quick go see if it’s a male or a female lol ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/8 "2014-06-04T03:04:23Z")
It’s a clue from a wealthy, anonymous benefactor. There will be a series of items that show up around your house. Your task will be to identify the pattern and decode the hidden meaning. This will lead you to a second location, in which there will be a food-based challenge. It might require eating something - it might require making something - it might require serving something - it might require a crafts project based on the food. You won’t know until you get there. The result of this part of the challenge will be a reference to something musical. The musical clue will direct you to a used CD shop. This person behind the counter will provide a CD. The actual contents of the CD will not matter. Instead, the lyrics printed on the jacket will take you to your next step. It will appear to reference a foreign city. However, if you are clever enough, you will recognize it as a landmark at the zoo. The rest, of course, is obvious. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/9 "2014-06-04T03:05:47Z")
Well, you list your location as the Glitter Palace, so maybe Liberace is haunting your neighborhood? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/10 "2014-06-04T05:04:01Z")
Meanwhile, authorities continue the search for [this man](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/08/article-2046853-0E4A880100000578-682_634x821.jpg), last seen boarding a bus near Northern Piper’s house carrying one shoe and a hastily packed bag with clothes spilling out. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/11 "2014-06-04T05:06:47Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > Garment for an actual boa, no longer needed now that it’s warm outside? Now that would be a _fabulous_ boa-boa! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/12 "2014-06-04T09:53:25Z")
The Great God Quetzalcoatl molting? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/13 "2014-06-04T10:41:33Z")
I’d vote for “drag queen parade.” It is June, the time for Pride, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/14 "2014-06-04T12:42:23Z")
Is Jesse Ventura visiting your neighbors? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/15 "2014-06-04T13:02:06Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > Well, you list your location as the Glitter Palace, so maybe Liberace is haunting your neighborhood? 😃 My thoughts precisely. Where \*else \*would someone leave a boa? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/16 "2014-06-04T13:21:58Z")
Wardrobe malfunction by a wing-walking 1920’s flapper girl. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-boa-in-the-street-outside-our-house/689974/17 "2014-06-04T13:35:33Z")
Must’ve just finished recording a Pat Benatar video.