>>MORGANTON NEWS HERALD (Morganton, N Carolina) 19 June 05 Man Shoots Tropical Snake In Chicken Coop (Alex Cabe)

>>Photo at URL: Joe Baynard holds a 4-foot snake he shot near his chicken coop Saturday Morning. The snake did not look like any native species.(Alex Cabe)

>>Morganton: A Morganton man was shocked to see a 4-foot exotic snake invading his chicken coop Saturday morning.

>>After racing into his house for a gun, Joe Baynard shot the snake from about eight feet away with a .357-caliber pistol. He hit it in the neck and killed it.

>>"It was like nothing I've ever seen," said Baynard. "Nothing like that is native to this area."

>>Baynard didn't know what kind of snake he shot.? It had markings similar to a ball python. The ball python, which can grow up to six feet long, is a West African snake; commonly kept as a pet.

>>Baynard thought the snake he shot was an escaped or released pet.

>>The snake didn't attack Baynard's animals.

>>"It may have got eggs," he said, "but it didn't hurt the chickens."

>> http://www.morganton.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=MNH/MGArticle/MNH_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783370369&path=!news

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Anthony Caponetto

www.ACreptiles.com

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