Fool me once, snakes on you…
A helicopter crew in Mackay, Australia, have been twice visited by an unusual guest.
A helicopter crew in Mackay, Australia, have been twice visited by an unusual guest. A police Radio Electronics Service (RES) crew flew in on a helicopter to a remote tower to repair a computer terminal. When a technician opened it up to check what the problem was, he realised that the issue was in fact a live snake that had slithered into the terminal. The crew humanely removed the snake.
Cut to a month later – RES staff again flew into the remote tower to perform more maintenance on the computer terminal. This time, the crew packed it into the helicopter and took it back to their Mackay base. When they got back to base, they again prised the terminal open and again found a snake inside.
Senior constable Steve Smith was called to have a look at the snake, and upon inspecting the unit realised that there was yet another snake in the computer terminal. The crew had unwittingly carried both serpents in their helicopter all the way back.
Samuel L Jackson was not available for comment.