LIVE NEWS (Australia) 27 November 07 Boy can't sleep without six-metre snake (Jesse Perez)
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Usually it's a cuddly teddy bear or a favourite action figure that kids need before they can get to bed. But not for Cambodian six-year-old Sambath Uon; he needs "Lucky", his trusty six-metre long python, before he can sleep.
"I love the python like my sister," Sambath said.
"All my friends are jealous of her."
Sambath first encountered the snake when he was three months old, and Lucky was only 50cm.
His parents didn't like to see Lucky with Sambath, and tried to take her back into the forest three times - only to find that Lucky would keep returning to her child owner.
Sambath's mother, Kim Kanara, said: "We would find it asleep next to Sambath. They have slept together every night for the past six years."
"She is a member of the family now. We shelter, feed, bathe and even pray to her."
The family even suggests the python has magical healing powers.
"Some recovered from sickness after being blessed by her," Mrs Kanara added.
Off the wall says: This boy will never, ever have problems with bullies.
Boy can't sleep without six-metre snake
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AUS Press: Boy sleeps with 6m/18ft snake
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Thanks, Wes!
It's a good story but I'm a bit skeptical of the snake's size and how the snake supposedly kept coming back. But still, all-in-all it's a good story and it is still a big burmese python.
Take care!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
Yeah, that's is a nice snake. But is seems you get a lot of these silly stories from these 3rd world countries. Hope they keep that thing well fed.
Here's the video...
Looks more like 16 feet to me, but maybe I'm wrong.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2007/11/28/vo.boy.cambodia.snake.ap
the way that video looks that burm gets any bigger that kid is about the right size. it so wrong but true. i have never seen a snake act like that the kid was grabbin it by the head and laying down on it thats crazy
That snake is already plenty big enough to eat a meal much larger than that boy.
