14 Comments

1. 

   Jerry Reilly on August 23, 2019 at 12:16 am

   Yikes!!

2. 

   Sean Roche on August 23, 2019 at 4:19 am

   Circle of death?

   I’ll see myself out.

3. 

   Laura J. on August 23, 2019 at 7:28 am

   Jerry, I wish this was one of your April Fools’ Day stories, but unfortunately it’s not.

4. 

   Tarik Lucas on August 23, 2019 at 9:53 am

   “Experts say Burmese Pythons are not venomous but are known to bite.” Thanks. That makes me feel safer.

5. 

   Laura J. on August 23, 2019 at 11:19 am

   According to this article in the Boston Globe, the snake is a male and is named Lightning. Let’s hope its owner chose that moniker because of its yellow scales and not because of how fast it travels.
   https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/22/roughly-foot-python-missing-newton/qlQJsSNBvFUyaZvyQLYekN/story.html

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   Ted Hess -Mahan on August 23, 2019 at 11:37 am

   The Burmese Python in question is named “Lightning” because it moves so slowly (kind of like a bald guy being nicknamed “Curly”).

   What caught my eye from the note that one of the neighbors circulated was that a Burmese Python can move along the ground as well as through the trees.

   Keep. Looking. Up.

7. 

   Laura J. on August 23, 2019 at 12:12 pm

   Ha! I know snakes move slowly, Ted. I was just being silly. Anyway, about the python hanging out in trees, what Tarik said: Thanks. That makes me feel safer.

8. 

   Sean Roche on August 23, 2019 at 1:57 pm

   Rabbit (and coyote?) population about to take a hit.

9. 

   Pat Irwin on August 23, 2019 at 8:56 pm

   I first saw this on nextdoor yesterday. People were definitely freaking out :/

10. 

    Newton Highlands Mom on August 25, 2019 at 12:11 am

    Per The Globe Lightning has been found
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/24/missing-burmese-python-found-and-returned-its-newton-owner/QaFdf7hUiVW0EWd0gn4YwM/story.html

    Thank goodness!

11. 

    Laura J. on August 25, 2019 at 7:00 am

    Thank goodness is right! No more poolside sunbathing for Lightning from now on (I hope).

12. 

    Al on August 25, 2019 at 9:11 am

    According to WBZ: “The owner let Lightning roam in the backyard while he and his son swam in the pool, and that’s when it slithered away.”

13. 

    Pat Irwin on August 25, 2019 at 12:13 pm

    Got a notice on my phone today ref this story dated 2 days ago (NBC) – no mention of it being found, LoL

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    Pat Irwin on August 25, 2019 at 12:18 pm

    I first saw the ‘found’ update on BC Heights. They said a snake handler found it on Crescent St under a porch (sic).