Some of you may know that in August I'm speaking at the Weird Weekend on the Flying Snake of Namibia. The other day I came across a report from the Namibian (newspaper's) web site, dated April 3rd 2012
Under the headline ' Strange Serpents' plague Tubuses, a town in Namibia. This is the story, by Adam Hartman:
Since December last year, Erongo's Tubuses settlement, north of Usakos near the foot of the Erongo Mountains,(1) has apparently been plagued by hundreds of 'large strange snakes'.
Speculation is rife, but one particular version has it that some residents claim that they saw a helicopter flying low over the area before the New Year- soon after which there was a sharp increase in the snake population. According to one resident, the snakes are not the usual kinds (like pythons, puff adders, whip snakes and mambas) found in the area. The 'new' snakes were also larger and more dangerous. "Instead of staying in the bush, these snakes are coming into the houses as if the houses belong to them" said David Nuseb. One story has it that a toddler was apparently sitting on the couch watching television, when a large serpent entered the living room and made its way to the TV where it started 'fighting' with the images on the screen. The child called his parents, the snake was cornered and killed Nuseb said.
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Comment: Interestingly enough, another case of snakes being "thrown from a helicopter" happened recently near Kiev, Ukraine.