Found this scary guy at work today...

**CMcCane** · 08-13-2009 10:40 AM

One of the maintenance technicians in my building sent out an e-mail today with a little warning for the rest of us.

All,
You may want to enhance your awareness when you're traveling through the
facility. We caught this guy last night on top of the start batteries
for generator 5 in bldg. 13A.

I have owned snakes as pets in the past and actually handled this one today. It was about 4-5 feet long. What is really odd is that we are in a big concrete jungle with little to no wild life near us. This must have been someones pet or something that was let go in the city.

**rpeeljoe** · 08-13-2009 11:49 AM

WHOA!! What'd the maintenance tech do with it??
This certainly does not compair, but I found this guy on my mail box a couple of Saturdays ago:

**matcoupe** · 08-13-2009 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by rpeeljoe

WHOA!! What'd the maintenance tech do with it??
This certainly does not compair, but I found this guy on my mail box a couple of Saturdays ago:

WOW did you capture it???

**CMcCane** · 08-13-2009 01:13 PM

Haha! Wow what a beauty! Majestic even

The snake was put in a sandbag and one of our co workers took it home to release into the wild. He lives in a very woody area. He promised me he'd give him a meal before he let him go

**seoulman** · 08-13-2009 01:52 PM

I heard that there is a real problem Florida with people turning loose unwanted pet snakes (pythons and boa constrictors) in the Everglades. Read that the population of non-indigenous snakes in the Everglades could be as high as 100,000. Personally... I can't stand snakes. Have a phobia.

Get serious about controlling exotics' spread -- OrlandoSentinel.com

**rpeeljoe** · 08-13-2009 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by CMcCane

Haha! Wow what a beauty! Majestic even

The snake was put in a sandbag and one of our co workers took it home to release into the wild. He lives in a very woody area. He promised me he'd give him a meal before he let him go

YEA! Glad he's going to a good environment!

**rpeeljoe** · 08-13-2009 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by matcoupe

WOW did you capture it???

Nah...they're actually all over the place in our 'hood. Not a great pic, but this will give you an idea:

**only1db** · 08-13-2009 08:15 PM

there is actually a hunt for those ....there is somthing 150k that have been released into the wild...

**sgenkcoupe** · 08-14-2009 02:59 PM

Whoa that's intense. Good thing nobody was hurt including the snake.

**neocry** · 08-15-2009 05:55 PM

Wow, in Philly those can only be seen at the zoo. We have a buch of dirty pigeons during the day and a lot of rats at night.

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