WINNIPEG SUN (Manitoba) 18 May 04 Snake On Loose Spurs Fear
Amsterdam: Three Rotterdam houses were evacuated yesterday 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 metre-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.
Neighbouring 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.
Snake On Loose Spurs Fear