This story don't ring true to me. Wouldn't be surprised if there's something more to it.

I thought the same thing.... not enough details.

How does one snake kill two children?

At the same time?


Its hard to grasp.

Sometimes, nature is hard to understand.

i thought that too...snakes don't kill for the fun of it, and it didn't say whether the snake tried to eat any of them...
maybe one kid was trying to save the other kid, and the snake won both rounds...

Again, I would like to learn how a single snake can kill two children.

Did he strangle and crush one while the other slept, then go to the next one? Or did he strangle and crush them both at the same time?

Or did a human being kill the children and blame it on the snake?

Inquiring minds want details.

Bad reporting!!!

Stealth!
You wouldn't know it is there,especially if it is dark,or a low-light situation!

The Burmese Python is one of the six largest snakes in the world, native to a large variation of tropic and subtropic areas of Southern- and Southeast Asia

Imagine walking into your shed on a balmy Florida afternoon and discovering an enormous snake eating a cat's skull. Sounds like the opening scene for SyFy's next disaster movie right? WRONG! This is a real story with a real 100 lbs. snake. Ok, now that you are genuinely shocked, let's discuss what happened.

A 14-foot Burmese python was found by a man while he was performing home repairs in Hialeah, Florida. Officials immediately responded to the home and when they entered the shed to assess the snake situation the python was eating a cat's skull. The Miami-Dade Venom Unit also discovered that there was a large amount of molted skin in the shed, leading them to the conclusion that the massive snake had made the shed his makeshift home. "It was very nicely holed up in a shed, it's been there a while," Lt. Lisa Wood, of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Venom Unit, said of the reptile.The discovered python had also solved the mystery of why there had been a large number of disappearances of local cats and rabbits. "Speaking with the neighbors, apparently there's a couple of rabbits and a cat missing from the neighborhood recently so the snake may be to blame for that," Wood added.

Although officials now had a new mystery on their hands, how exactly did this 14-foot snake make its way into a shed? The Miami-Dade Venom Unit suspected that the python was a pet who ever escaped from his home or was abandoned after the snake had grown too large. According to CBS, it is illegal to own or sell pythons in Florida, and it is against federal law to import the snakes or sell them across state lines.

Video crews captured officials attempting to work out the safest way to detain the python and remove the massive animal from the shed. The unit eventually removed the door of the shed to expose the body of the python, they then pulled the snake back, passing through many people's hands before they took hold of the animal's head to ensure safety. The unit then placed the massive white and yellow snake into bag for traveling.


What would you do if you encountered a 14-foot Burmese python? I would probably faint, then cry, then faint again.


video here:
http://www.sott.net/article/264717-14-Foot-Brumese-python-found-in-Florida-shed-Giant-snake-was-eating-local-cats

I read last night that the apartment was above a shop where they sold such critters. Then I read an update that said the snake was actually kept in the apartment where the 2 boys were for their sleepover!

I'm wondering now if the owner of the shop is the same person as who has the apartment above.
I'm also wondering if one of the boys decided to take a closer look at the snake. Maybe then the other brother woke up and went to his brother's aid and the snake then strangled both at once!

Whatever happened - it's horrible!

I would put it in a large crate and send it to Jeannie.

if you were a reporter on the scene you would know as much as anyone else not on the scene. there were no eye witnesses. thing is a 15 foot snake is long enough to wrap itself around several men, so two young boys is not impossible. it is powerful enough to constrict large animals, so again, two young boys would not be impossible. here is a picture of a 15 foot rock python attempting to swallow a goat

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/08/06/ns-snake-kids-attack-defensive-expert.html

'Defensive' python wasn't used to humans, says expert
African rock python believed to have killed brothers Noah, 4, and Connor Barthe, 6
CBC News
Posted: Aug 6, 2013 3:23 PM AT
Last Updated: Aug 6, 2013 6:22 PM AT


A reptile expert in the Maritimes who worked directly with the python linked to killing two boys in New Brunswick says the large snake had a "temperamental disposition" and wasn't used to being around humans.

RCMP have launched a criminal investigation into the deaths of Noah Barthe, 4, and Connor Barthe, who would have celebrated his seventh birthday in just a few weeks.

Maritime Reptile Zoo Curator Mike MacDonald said the snake was in excellent condition when he handled it six weeks ago, but it was known for being aggressive.



He said they were cautious when entering its enclosure.

"It is very protective. It’s very defensive. It's not one that's regularly around people," he said. "It was extremely nervous with people."

"It's extremely rare. It's rare that they would kill one person let alone two people at one time."

Initial reports suggested that the snake escaped from the store and made its way through the ventilation system into the apartment above, where the brothers were on a sleepover.

On Tuesday, RCMP Sgt. Alain Tremblay said that the snake was actually held in a glass enclosure on the second floor. It is believed it escaped through the top of its cage into the ventilation system above. The snake eventually came through the ceiling and down into the living room, where the brothers were sleeping.

Reptile Ocean owner Jean-Claude Savoie was hosting the two boys for a sleepover with his own son. Savoie reportedly found the two boys and called 911. His son was in another room and was unharmed, police said.

MacDonald said he wouldn't comment on the facilities since they are under investigation.

The snake was put down on Monday.

Steven Benteau, a spokesman for the Department of Natural Resources, said African rock pythons are not allowed in New Brunswick under the Exotic Wildlife Regulation.

Sometime nature be funky.
That's baaaaaaad!

Well I hope this incident wakes people up about keeping snakes as pets.

Off with their heads!!

And the penalty for killing cats is death!!


Death to all pythons and other large killer snakes.!

I really don't have a problem with the snakes eating cats, Florida has a feral cat problem anyway...

I think we should be allowed to chop off cats heads. It's the most human way according to Jeannie cause she researched that.

I wonder if dodo_david heard that?

According the the Goddess Bast, protector of women and cats, the penalty for killing a cat (or raping or killing a woman) is DEATH.

I don't know what the penalty for raping a cat is, but I would not advise trying it.

Yeh, send the dodo to Florida. He can handle the feral cat problem.

Then I will set the Goddess Bast upon him.

he's not here drooling yet... so i would say no...

lol killing a cat is death... makes me wanna go cat hunting...