Darwin's Nightmare Down Under

[marmar]

MELBOURNE, Australia - Two men were arrested after bewildered diners at a McDonald's spotted them wrestling a 5-foot (1.5 metre) python named Boris in the restaurant parking lot, police said Thursday.

Victoria state police say the men stole the 8-year-old black-headed python and a lizard from a pet shop on Wednesday. They then brought the snake to the McDonald's parking lot, where they began wrestling with it in front of puzzled customers, police said.

The men, aged 22 and 24, were arrested and charged with burglary and theft. Police didn't release their names.

"In all honesty, it's just a case of dumb and dumber," Detective Sgt. Andrew Beams told Australian Broadcasting Corp. "Anyone who gets out there with a one-and-a-half meter python in a McDonald's car park — they're pretty dumb." .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/i55421.html

[SwissTony]

1. We've got a guy in Darwin who has a black head for a pet

Quite often has Sunday morning breakfast in Smith Street mall with the snake around his shoulders. Quite an attraction for the tourists.

[depakid]

2. They get to be a fair size

This one came out of a shed in Townsville:



http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/four-metre-monster-caught-in-shed/story-e6frflri-1111118718258