The snake was hungry, plain and simple. The fault was with the parents both in how they kept the snake (a laundry basket, really????) and in not feeding a snake for a month. What happened to the child was tragic, preventable and totally inexcusable.
A snake laying on someone's shoulders is a snake well-taken care of. It is fed regularly. No one in their right mind would put a hungry snake near their neck. That's just insanity. A well-fed pet snake is content and really doesn't move around much. It's not on the hunt for food. It doesn't need to find protection.
As to you being picked on, I don't think so. As I said, the person bringing the snake to the square shouldn't have. Not because of how it would scare folks but because it just isn't good for the snake. The fact that you were scared was a very reasonable reaction -- most people are afraid of them -- and I'm sorry to hear you were frightened. What bothered me is the calling of police by the other woman, the how dare they response by some here.
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"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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