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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Why'd it have to be Snakes? |
| 2014-06-26 |
| Naperville. Ill. A snake invasion is making people's skin crawl in the western suburbs. Viewer after viewer contacted CBS 2 with photos of snakes along the river walk and invading yards in Naperville. Where's Saint Patrick when you need him? CBS 2's Brad Edwards went to investigate. "I'll have five and six of them on my bushes," said Nancy Quigley. "They were twice as big as they were last year. They're not afraid of me anymore." I can think of a few choice things to say here but won't. It's scaring away her delivery drivers. Afraid of a few snakes? Weenies! "He'll see them and drop the package and run back to his truck," said Quigley. Run away, run away! Gina Cooper snapped a picture over the weekend of a northern water snake along the river walk. Odd, a water snake next to the water. "It's unusual for them to be out and that prevalent," said snake expert David Drake of Aquarium Adventure. He says that the garter snakes hibernated longer this year because of the polar vortex. He means "Climate Change". "Now they're out feeding in larger numbers. Also the recent rains and the floods are gonna drive these animals out of their borough," he said. I think he means burrow. But maybe snakes do live in boroughs. The city of Naperville Animal Control assures these creatures present no danger. Drake says if you can't identify it, don't touch it because there are venomous snakes indigenous to this area. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues |
| #10 I had an Inland Taipan in my garage/ pumpkin patch at Kenmore Park. Did not pick a lot of pumpkins that year. |
| Posted by: Gunter 2014-06-26 22:07 |
| #9 Had a Tom cat one time that I saw running around with a snake in its mouth. It seemed to like the new chew toy. Cats are natural born killers. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-26 18:55 |
| #8 Cats have pride (snicker). |
| Posted by: Snusort Spomose2148 2014-06-26 16:43 |
| #7 We got snakes, all four main varieties of venomous and every other kind that matter except large constrictors. For high comedy drop a live indigo snake in front of a healthy cat. Have someone with a camera and make sure it's not zoomed in. I had one cat that jumped 5 feet in the air ran into the house (to look for a hoe?) Then came back out and went all Riki Tiki Travi, I had to save the snake. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-26 15:05 |
| #6 I live in the next suburb north of Naperville. To top it off large wetlands abut my property. I haven't seen a single snake! Not one! I have seen coywolfs, coyotes, foxes, all sorts of birds and insects. Oh, and we seem to have a huge population increase of crickets, toads and skeeters - but snakes? Nada. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-06-26 14:13 |
| #5 Baby snakes Late at night is when they come out Baby snakes Sure you know what I'm talkin about Pink n wet They make the best kinda pet Baby Baby Snakes |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-06-26 13:02 |
| #4 Yeah! Whatever happened to the Occupy folks? Still camped out? Went home to Mama's basement? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-06-26 11:18 |
| #3 Or Occupy Wall Streeters? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-26 11:02 |
| #2 Would spiders be better? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-26 11:01 |
| #1 I haven't seen any in my yard, but lots of bunnies this year (and hawks looking for a good meal). But then I don't live near the river. |
| Posted by: Spot 2014-06-26 08:02 |