JohnCenaFan28
10-03-2008, 12:04 AM
A gardener picked up what he thought was a branch - only to find it was actually a 17ft python.
Ronnie Kenyon was working on his allotment when he picked up the 'branch', intending to throw it into a nearby river.
But the 58-year-old retired signmaker, from Blackburn, was surprised when it moved, reports the Daily Telegraph.
He said: "I got the shock of my life when it turned its head towards me and I put it straight down. It was as long as a truck. I thought somebody must have put it there as a joke.
"Then I thought it might be preparing to make a meal for itself out of my baby chicks and ducklings."
He used bales of hay and chicken wire to construct a makeshift pen to trap the snake before calling the police.
Mr Kenyon, who has an 800ft allotment behind his home where he keeps more than 100 animals, including chickens, goats, ducks, geese and rabbits, discovered the python under a cart.
Lancashire Police handed the giant snake over to local vets. It is now being cared for by the RSPCA.
Sgt Graham Brownsmith, who handled the snake after advice from the RSPCA, said: "This is the largest snake I have had to deal with."
-Ananova
Ronnie Kenyon was working on his allotment when he picked up the 'branch', intending to throw it into a nearby river.
But the 58-year-old retired signmaker, from Blackburn, was surprised when it moved, reports the Daily Telegraph.
He said: "I got the shock of my life when it turned its head towards me and I put it straight down. It was as long as a truck. I thought somebody must have put it there as a joke.
"Then I thought it might be preparing to make a meal for itself out of my baby chicks and ducklings."
He used bales of hay and chicken wire to construct a makeshift pen to trap the snake before calling the police.
Mr Kenyon, who has an 800ft allotment behind his home where he keeps more than 100 animals, including chickens, goats, ducks, geese and rabbits, discovered the python under a cart.
Lancashire Police handed the giant snake over to local vets. It is now being cared for by the RSPCA.
Sgt Graham Brownsmith, who handled the snake after advice from the RSPCA, said: "This is the largest snake I have had to deal with."
-Ananova