and the cause of death was ruled to being that several of his organs were crushed. I live in Indiana and I talked my mother into moving in with me. She of course had a problem with my one tiny corn snake lol and this story well it's not helped me live an easy week. I've had to extensively explain to my mother how this happened and how it could happen with larger breeds and then I had to explain to her that my snake wont ever get to be that size on and on. This was an unfortunate accident where he just got careless and unfortunately he paid the price with his life. Hopefully it'll be a lesson on safety for all those larger breed owners that seem to think it's ok to let their snakes roam the house. I have met several people who allow their large burms or boas just sleep in the corner of their bedroom as if they were a puppy. It flips me out when people do that and think it's just ok. These are still wild animals with all the same instincts they had years ago before we put em in our glass enclosures and displayed them proudly in our living rooms or whatever. Still have the instincts that when hungry they will eat, some snakes don't even have to be hungry, most snakes will take what prey they can get when the oppertunity presents itself. Anyway, just thought I'd clear it up that it was in fact the snake that killed this man and not a heart attack. It was a sad mistake but a huge set back for herp owners in Indiana, we're having to defend our pets pretty fiercly right now.

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