Pet Snake & Cat Get Into Fight In Car - Cause Crash

[matcom]

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A Lovell man was moving to his new home with all his earthly belongings packed in his car when his pet cat got loose, found his pet snake and started fighting inside the car, causing him to lose control and crash into a barrow ditch.

Jeffrey Wilkerson, 21, was heading north on Wyoming Highway 789 near Riverton on Feb. 2 in a 1991 Cadillac DeVille when the cat "somehow got out of the box" and "came upon the snake" as the car approached the intersection of Lyons Valley Road, according to a story in the Riverton Ranger.

"The snake hissed at the cat, and the cat got excited," said Highway Patrol Trooper Bill Bregar.

The two natural enemies engaged in heated, mortal combat underneath the brake pedal and Wilkerson was unable to stop, tumbling into the ditch, where the Cadillac sustained more than $1,000 in damage.

"It could have been a nasty crash, if someone had been coming," Bregar said. Wilkerson was wearing a seat belt and was not injured, nor were his pets.

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/02/13/news/wyoming/2232554015f0693187256fa600598550.txt

[Spinzonner]

1. Does that count as a single-cat collision ?

[stilpist]

2. Don't you just hate it

when cats come upon snakes? Makes such a mess!!

Mornin', Matcom.

[Freebird12004]

3. Now - I'm really awake

Good morning :donut: Matcom

[THUNDER HANDS]

4. its never a good thing

when a snake and a pussy get physical with eachother. :D

[DelawareValleyDem]

5. Strange phrasing in the article

First it refers to mortal combat between the pets and then reports that neither was hurt.

[demnan]

6. It talks about how the cat got out of his box

but how did the snake get out of his?

Always place your cats and snakes in strong separate carriers when transporting.