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Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes
In a residence purportedly housing 140 other snakes, an Indiana woman was found dead Wednesday evening with an 8-foot-long python hanging around her neck.
According to a report from the Journal & Courier, police are currently investigating the death of Laura Hurst, 36, in Oxford, Indiana, though they have a hunch. “She appears to have been strangled by the snake,” Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley told the Journal & Courier, but that fact remains unconfirmed until results come back from an autopsy scheduled for Friday.
The reticulated python wrapped around Hurst’s neck was apparently one of 20 snakes she kept in the house and visited regularly. It purportedly belongs to Benton County Sheriff Don Munson (Oxford is part of Benton County), a next-door neighbor who was also the first to come across the body. He’d retrofitted the residence into a sort of makeshift snake sanctuary filled with 140 snakes per the J&C report, though exactly how many belong to him remains unclear. According to the report, Munson called Hurst’s death a “tragic accident with loss of human life.”
While captive pythons tend to be less aggressive than their wild counterparts, attacks are still far from uncommon. One study found that at least 16 people in the U.S. have been killed by them between 1978 and 2009. Their sheer size alone can prove challenging for many owners. Reticulated pythons can weigh up to 350 pounds and grow upwards of 20 feet long.
And I just wanted to share this fact because I found it deeply disturbing: Though they usually strangle their prey, there’s been a few rarecases of wild pythons swallowing grown men and women whole. Holy crap.
[H/T Journal & Courier]
(Score: 5, Funny) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday November 02 2019, @06:48PM (1 child)
You never know what's gonna happen with pythons - especially 2 and 3 in the same room, they don't get along well. And when you mix them, they bite you.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Bot on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:03PM
I do always keep tabs on 'em.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:00PM (3 children)
Some super kinky shit going on there.
(Score: 1) by saturnalia0 on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:05PM
Reminds me of a short story by Bukowski
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:33PM (1 child)
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 5, Funny) by krishnoid on Saturday November 02 2019, @08:23PM
Another reason why babies should wear spiked collars all the time. Punk can save lives!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:14PM (5 children)
Mankind can't even communicate with those animals most closely related to him. Our fellow primates are often described as "unpredictable". Why should we think that we can "domesticate" or "tame" a reptile? Those reptiles are far more alien than a monkey, or a badger, or any other mammal. I won't walk into a lion's cage, I'm certainly not going to share my home with a reptile that can kill me. That goes equally for venomous and constricting reptiles.
Maybe we'll be hearing of trade in komodo dragons for pets soon? Oooh, wouldn't THAT be exciting? The dragon grows up, the owner doesn't want it around any longer, so he turns it loose on the edge of town. Ehhh, forget that. The dragon gets tired of waiting for breakfast to be served, so it eats the owner, then escapes in the middle of downtown! Oh yes, that would be exciting!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:29PM (1 child)
This is due to climate change, the sun has been so inactive that the snakes can sense the change in magnetic field strength. It is the turning of the hyperdimensional zeitgeist into the next cycle. How ancient is that Antarctic ice?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Sulla on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:32PM
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday November 02 2019, @08:29PM
Oh yes, that would be exciting!
Yes it would be. So please have the camera rolling, and keep the damn thing steady and focused! And put a windscreen on the mic!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:53PM (1 child)
"Mankind can't even communicate with those animals most closely related to him. Our fellow primates are often described as "unpredictable". "
Difficult to communicate with, unpredictable, and most closely related to me ...
Uhm .... sounds like my brother.
I guess you're right. If we, as humans, often can't even communicate that well with other humans how on earth can we expect to ever communicate with non-humans. It's bad enough humans speak so many different languages. Maybe Alphabet can add Python to Google translate, given how well it translates human languages already ... wait ... nevermind.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday November 03 2019, @03:47AM
I communicate with other humans just fine. The problem is they often don't appreciate it and I often don't give a fuck.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:24PM (1 child)
It's scarier than I expected http://www.bentoncounty.in.gov/sheriff [in.gov].
Respect Authorities. Know your social status. Woke responsibly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:31PM
What?
(Score: 5, Funny) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:28PM (3 children)
Only if the python had swallowed a priest though...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @08:38PM (1 child)
I know an old python that swallowed a lady,
It swallowed the lady to catch the horse, etc.
She's dead of course.
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday November 03 2019, @05:25PM
of course of course
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @08:39PM
That's how to serve Communion to a python. *Body of Christ*, right?
If a python swallows a bear, does it shit in the woods?
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:53PM (3 children)
I was trying to figure out what made this story relevant to this site, and all I came up with was the Python.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2, Touché) by RandomFactor on Saturday November 02 2019, @08:55PM
I'm guessing a potential Darwin award entry?
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 3, Funny) by Sulla on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:48PM
Maybe the relevant tech angle was just all the friends we made along the way?
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @08:30AM
because comments like the very first one would have been made.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @08:13PM (9 children)
licensing
background checks
home inspections
etc
for the children!
(Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Saturday November 02 2019, @09:07PM
this doesnt sound right, guns don't kill people while pythons do. We shoud scampaign against strong hugs instead.
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(Score: 1) by Sulla on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:50PM
As long as the laws are limited to only common sense, I'm on board.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:57PM (6 children)
Many states already require licensing for exotic reptiles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:20PM (1 child)
California, or is Adam Schiff unlicensed?
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday November 03 2019, @12:36AM
Typically you would only require a license on things that can present an actual threat
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:22PM (1 child)
legalizing light snakes huh? vipers, the occasional rattlesnake... you know, in Australia they chew on snakes' tails to make up for the lack of oxygen...
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @04:31AM
However, further permitting is required for concealed carry, and permits are only valid in a single Australian territory.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @07:16PM (1 child)
and what kind of fucking slave asks permission from the state to have a pet?
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday November 06 2019, @10:38PM
Florida, for instance, spends millions each year to mitigate the damage caused by various escaped pets becoming established in the wild, so if you are intent on owning such a creature you should probably be amenable to licensing it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @09:40PM
Finally, we've found where they stored the Arc of the Covenant! That thing draws snakes like... well, it just draws a lot of snakes, okay‽
(Score: 2) by Revek on Saturday November 02 2019, @09:49PM
A self fulfilling something or other.
This page was generated by a Swarm of Roaming Elephants
(Score: 1) by Hardness on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:14PM
Wow, I didn't know data science was so complicated...!
(Score: 4, Funny) by Bot on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:08PM (2 children)
systemd kills processes left and right and nobody bats an eye.
python kills a single meatbag and everyone lose their minds.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @12:54AM (1 child)
Should have used Perl.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Pino P on Sunday November 03 2019, @02:02PM
Perl is just as deadly.
Sources: "Girl in China chokes to death after 3 bubble tea pearls get stuck in windpipe" by Matthias Ang [mothership.sg]; "Camel 'bites owner's head off after being tied up all day during heatwave'" by Harry Cockburn [independent.co.uk]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:12PM (1 child)
Police suspect the black python did it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:25PM
Fakenews, although sources confirm there was a black mamba found in the top drawer of the bedside cabinet.
(Score: 2) by EJ on Sunday November 03 2019, @03:39AM (2 children)
I wonder what killed her.
(Score: 5, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday November 03 2019, @03:49AM (1 child)
Lack of relevant whitespace around the neck.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Funny) by RandomFactor on Sunday November 03 2019, @03:20PM
Proportional fonts are a plague in all coding. Python included.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Sunday November 03 2019, @02:54PM
If you can't trust a python nowadays, who can you trust? /s
I wrote this a few years ago after running a cross a python breeder's homepage in like 2011, this is how I dealt with how much it creeped me out:
https://soundcloud.com/j-michael-hudson/the-python-song [soundcloud.com]
I dare you not to laugh. If you do laugh send me xmr or you are stealing.
jk but kindof not.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @09:47PM
It's funny cos that's what pythons do.