"accident" here in the Baltimore-Washington area about 2 years ago. Family went out somewhere and came home to find the Boa had got a small child.
And then there was the really dumb S--- Who was into poisonous snakes. That was about 5-6 years ago. He had a cobra and apparently the cobra was shedding it's skin, which snakes do once a year, and was having trouble doing it. So snake happy decides to open the cage and help the snake, forgetting that snakes apparently get ill tempered when shedding. You guessed it! The cobra bit him, and anti-venom for cobra bite isn't exactly high on the supply priorities for U.S. Hospitals. He croaked! I don't know if they ever figured out where he got the snake. I would say he qualified for a Darwin medal, myself.
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