Is anyone else slightly traumatised by the recent spate of escaped snake stories?

[AliTheMinx]

I am terrified of snakes and the recent story about a man finding a snake in his bathroom in Exeter and then the boa constrictor on the East London street has put the fear of God into me. I fear I shall never sleep again...

So we are all here saying how scared we are of snakes and you post a photo of a snake?
Thanks for that.

Seems like a fucking awesome way to get rid of skanky pigeons

I’m petrified there was a fucker who used to walk his massive 12ft long snake in my local park. When I was little grass snakes were about 7” long not fuckin 4ft. My friend accidentally decapitated an adder in her shock and horror. She slammed the door on it!

user1457017537 - How did he walk a snake? On a lead?! I honestly think the world has gone mad...

**Sugarls 9 fair play .Is it Royals you have .Do you find then picky eaters,mine can be fussy devil when he wants to be .

He used to take it to the park and then let it slither about on the grass wherever it wanted to go. It was huge

I’d rather encounter a snake than some fucking banned dog owned by some twats that don’t know how to train it.
At least a snake I can stamp on its head

Not having read anything about escaped snakes,I'm not in the least traumatised. If I had read anything,I'd hope the snakes were ok,I find them fascinating.

It was Leytonstone in East London re the snake I saw eating a pigeon on the news. Nothing surprises me about that having lived there. It's an 'interesting' area....but not as grim as a lot of small London towns. You aren't at risk unless you drape it round yourself, they are quite timid otherwise.

how fast are snakes? is it better to run away or stamp on it's head like @right suggested? I agree i would prefer an escaped snake over a dog but in an ideal world owners would keep snakes, dogs, cats, rabbits etc under lock and key in their own house where they can't scare other people.

@Ummmmgogo
WTAF is a rabbit going to do to you
Snakes are generally scared of humans
Rabid dogs are not

is it better to run away or stamp on it's head

That's not a question you expect to ask every day.

FYI
I hate pigeons more than snakes

bite me, wee/poo on me, scratch me, give me fleas?

i hate pigeons too!

@Ummmmgogo
Snakes don’t do any of that
They eat pigeons and small animals
Large vicious dogs... just google it

Nope. Not a pigeon fan either and despise seagulls after one pooped IN MY EYE 2 weeks ago!!!

I like snakes but I wouldn’t have fancied dealing with that one with the pigeon.

@eight i agree with you! I've been agreeing the whole time; rabid dogs are the worst, but snakes, rabbits, cats, ferrets, pigeons and other creatures are all scary too.

Someone from Saltaire iirc (close to Bradford, up north) posted that their husband had been taking their DC for a walk through the park in the pram and someone had a HUGE snake just slithering around in the sun.

It was massive!!!

@Ummmmgogo
Sorry!!!
I got the wrong end of the stick
It was the rabbit wot threw me

Snakes are generally scared of humans
The one that climbed out the loo in Exeter was 8ft long and scared of no one

There was a story recently where a woman woke and found a python curled up in bed with her. I would die on the spot

@NewYearNewMe18 - why can't they be in the UK? Pit bulls do exist in the UK despite being a banned breed...

wheretheresawill1 was that the one in the DM .That was a Royal Python, poor thing was probably cold and looking for a hot spot. Royal's are referred to as Ball Pythons as they curl up into a ball .They are calm snakes it's rare to get one that isn't and they are totally harmless. If they wanted to they could give you a bite but certainly could not do you any real harm .
They fascinate me but I can fully understand how people are terrified.