Post by meths on Nov 24, 2005 13:52:26 GMT
Some people, eh? Check this out for an overreaction...#
A petrified woman drove into a fire station in Merseyside for help after finding a 4ft (120cm) snake in her car.
Pauline Evans, 46, from Netherton, was driving home from a friend's house with her 10-year-old daughter when she saw the snake popping out of the bonnet.
She pulled into Bootle & Netherton Fire Station where a firefighter grabbed the snake and threw it in a nearby pedal bin before the RSPCA was called.
Mrs Evans said: "I have a snake phobia, so it was a very traumatic experience."
The RSPCA identified the animal as a non-venomous North American corn snake.
They all laughed, but then they saw it and all moved away
Pauline Evans
Mrs Evans said: "I'd pulled up at some lights and out of the corner of my eye I saw something crawling out of the bonnet - then this snake appeared in front of the windscreen.
"My daughter Stephanie thought it was made of rubber, but I could see its tongue moving in and out.
"I was driving past the fire station at the time and saw all the firefighters outside, so I just drove in and waved them over.
"They asked what was wrong and I told them there was a snake in the bonnet. They all laughed, but then they saw it and all moved away and shouted at us to get out of the car."
Snake's head
A spokeswoman for Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service said Mrs Evans had been petrified.
"She ran in and said there was a snake in her car. Everybody thought she was winding them up," she said.
"They went out to look at the car and suddenly they saw a snake's head popping out of the bonnet."
Firefighter Gary Bennett said the snake looked small until they opened the car bonnet and saw it was about 4ft in length.
"Mrs Evans did well to get to the fire station without panicking," he said.
Corn snakes, one of the most common snakes kept as pets in Britain, feed on mice and can grow to about 6ft long.
A petrified woman drove into a fire station in Merseyside for help after finding a 4ft (120cm) snake in her car.
Pauline Evans, 46, from Netherton, was driving home from a friend's house with her 10-year-old daughter when she saw the snake popping out of the bonnet.
She pulled into Bootle & Netherton Fire Station where a firefighter grabbed the snake and threw it in a nearby pedal bin before the RSPCA was called.
Mrs Evans said: "I have a snake phobia, so it was a very traumatic experience."
The RSPCA identified the animal as a non-venomous North American corn snake.
They all laughed, but then they saw it and all moved away
Pauline Evans
Mrs Evans said: "I'd pulled up at some lights and out of the corner of my eye I saw something crawling out of the bonnet - then this snake appeared in front of the windscreen.
"My daughter Stephanie thought it was made of rubber, but I could see its tongue moving in and out.
"I was driving past the fire station at the time and saw all the firefighters outside, so I just drove in and waved them over.
"They asked what was wrong and I told them there was a snake in the bonnet. They all laughed, but then they saw it and all moved away and shouted at us to get out of the car."
Snake's head
A spokeswoman for Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service said Mrs Evans had been petrified.
"She ran in and said there was a snake in her car. Everybody thought she was winding them up," she said.
"They went out to look at the car and suddenly they saw a snake's head popping out of the bonnet."
Firefighter Gary Bennett said the snake looked small until they opened the car bonnet and saw it was about 4ft in length.
"Mrs Evans did well to get to the fire station without panicking," he said.
Corn snakes, one of the most common snakes kept as pets in Britain, feed on mice and can grow to about 6ft long.
