Snakes In The Grass Terrorize Villagers

[britmaveric]

Two king cobras are terrorizing a neighborhood in Sattahip and so far have evaded capture.

A resident of Moo 3 in Soi Kumwilai, 60-year-old Mrs Pratuan Wuttipo, called the Rochana Thammasathan Foundation radio center in Sattahip during the afternoon of August 27 asking for rescue workers to come and catch the snakes, which she said had been chasing children who live in the soi.

Residents were afraid to leave their homes after sunset for fear of being attacked by the snakes, said Pratuan.

Rescue workers used an excavator that was working nearby to clear the grass from the roadside, but the machine broke down - an incident that villagers attributed to the malevolence of the snakes. With the cobras presumably looking balefully on from the encroaching woodlands, work ceased for the day.

Pratuan said she had earlier seen the two snakes crawling across the road and slithering under the wall of a house that is on the fringe of the forest.

A 10-year-old boy named Pattarapol Kongbuntam had been riding his bicycle to school when the snakes slithered out of the woods and rose up at him. He fled in terror, and his mother, Oey, told rescue workers that he was not to ride his bicycle or play football in the soi until the snakes had been caught.

Sighting of the snakes has been taking place almost daily, the reptiles slithering across the road during times when the surface is cool. Nobody dares to go out at night.

-Pattaya Mail

Patcharapol Panrak

14 Sept 07

[Humphrey Bear]

Rescue workers used an excavator that was working nearby to clear the grass from the roadside, but the machine broke down - an incident that villagers attributed to the malevolence of the snakes. With the cobras presumably looking balefully on from the encroaching woodlands, work ceased for the day.

Better not show this to my Plant Manager - he'd use the excuse for the rest of the project.

[Chang_paarp]

Rescue workers used an excavator that was working nearby to clear the grass from the roadside, but the machine broke down - an incident that villagers attributed to the malevolence of the snakes. With the cobras presumably looking balefully on from the encroaching woodlands, work ceased for the day.

Better not show this to my Plant Manager - he'd use the excuse for the rest of the project.

:D :D

[wileycoyote]

Hope they capture rather than kill them soon

[Humphrey Bear]

Hope they capture rather than kill them soon

Usual practice here in Thailand - or transfer to snake farm for venom-milking.

But if I was in HK or China at this time of year - it is approaching time for my annual snake-meal and drink - to ward off the evils of winter.

[pattayadave]

Rescue workers used an excavator that was working nearby to clear the grass from the roadside, but the machine broke down - an incident that villagers attributed to the malevolence of the snakes. With the cobras presumably looking balefully on from the encroaching woodlands, work ceased for the day.

Better not show this to my Plant Manager - he'd use the excuse for the rest of the project.

so thats what happened to my RH 120 yesterday