NEWS & ADVANCE (Lynchburg, Virginia) 28 February 06 Snake clogs septic lines (Ron Brown)
After 27 years in the septic business, Dale Wilson isn’t about to stir up an unnecessary stink.
But last week, his crew found a boa constrictor in a septic line.
It all began Friday morning when workers from Wilson’s Septic Tank and Portable Restrooms Service were called to Clayton Estates Mobile Home Park on Sunburst Road in Campbell County.
“The owner of the park said a septic tank at one residence was stopped up,” Wilson said.
Workers soon found the tank under a deck near the mobile home.
The first order of business was to dig away six or seven inches of dirt in order to gain access to tank’s concrete lid.
Once that was done, it was Dennis Keatts’ job to give the tank an initial look.
“He said the tank was stopped up,” Wilson said. “I told him to unstop the line.”
Soon, Keatts was running from the tank and hollering.
“The dirt was flying,” Wilson said. “He definitely was coming away from the tank faster than he went in.”
“There’s a snake in the line!” Keatts was yelling.
“I thought he was crazy,” Wilson said. “I’ve been pumping doo-doo for 27 years and never saw a snake in a septic line.”
Wilson decided to take a look himself.
When he did, he saw a four-inch pipe stuffed with snake and about 2½ feet of snake hanging out.
“I came out from under there quicker than Dennis did,” Wilson said.
Irvin Creasy, Wilson’s brother-in-law, decided to take a look.
He used a pole with a hook and his hand to pull the snake from the line.
When the huge snake broke free, it was already dead. It apparently drowned from being submerged in water.
“Have you been missing a snake?” Wilson asked the home- owner, who told him her pet boa constrictor had been missing for two weeks.
Wilson figured the snake crawled down the commode, went into the septic tank and decided to crawl back up the pipe before getting stuck.
That’s where this story has its silver lining.
“Could you imagine,” Wilson said, “sitting on the commode and having that snake come up between your legs?”

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