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Originally Posted by DouglasMo
GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN! At least 30 years ago I was walking on the streets of NYC and unexpectedly came upon a younger man with a huge yellow python completely wrapped around his body! I jumped and believe I screamed too!! 30 years ago--- I was young….The younger man with snake laughed as did his friends…they do it to get your reaction whatever age….Did I call a cop? no, plenty of police in NYC who would catch up with him… But I was frightened…. A snake is different from a dog, a gerbil, etc. It is definitely threatening, I don't care what the snake enthusiasts say. Call the police and insist they come. You will still be able to bring your dog. I have never seen a threatening dog in TV. And how am I supposed to know when that snake was fed??? I remember reading a story about a man found crushed in his apt because his snake they surmised had been hungry and killed him…. Snakes, alligators, they are dangerous. Don't belong on public streets with crowds of people…. it's common sense. And the police should have come when called….. End of Story.
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When people KNOW that most people feel either frightened of snakes or not comfortable with them, and they would do something like this, it says it all.
They aren't nice friendly people, they are show off, callous, unfeeling and just a tad angry. Why did they do it? Because they can. I think that the same reason goth kids wear black and Kiss stuff on their face and skull stuff on them. They are anti-establishment. They don't fit it, They are not finding much happiness with things that most people do.
As an older adult I should feel more compassionate, but I just feel annoyed. I had plenty of reasons to feel lonely, angry and sad as a young person but I didn't act out. I just worked and waited and then when I was 18 I met Sweetie.
Everybody does stuff for a reason. Everybody is different. Most people are drawn to the familiar and the comfortable and the ordinary things.
I hope Mr. Snake Boa finds a nice-er life than scaring nice people at public gatherings. Soon.
The squares were built to gather people to have a good time not make them uncomfortable.
Will someone on this forum call the regular number for the Wildwood police and see what their official stand is on snakes in the square at Brownwood?