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Press - NL Event: Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted

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Posted by: W von Papineäu at Tue May 18 09:21:39 2004   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by W von Papineäu ]  
   

REUTERS 17 May 04 Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted
Amsterdam (Reuters): Three Rotterdam houses were evacuated Monday after a man saw a poisonous snake slithering through a hole in the wall of his home.
Firemen demolished part of a wall in the man's home but could not find the meter-long snake, which experts believed to be the venomous Sundevall's Garter.
"The snake has not been found yet. Snake experts have been called in and they are still busy trying to find it," a Rotterdam police spokeswoman said.
Neighboring houses were evacuated as a precautionary measure and snake experts on the scene were trying to lure the humidity-loving reptile with wet rags.
Residents won't be allowed to return to their homes until the snake, a native to South Africa, is caught.

Wes Comment: I included this item just to demonstrate that we're not alone in North America - remember the young lad in Toronto that lost a saw-scale? - when it comes to hots getting into the press. This press snippit is a touch odd though - I can't seem to find the original item in any of the Netherlands papers, just this english-version courtesy of Reuters.
Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted

   

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