Eight Foot Boa Found at Beach Today

This was the gist of the ticker that caught my eye on tv during WPDEs news today.  Occasionally alligators make their way into the ocean, which of course makes the news so I wasn't completely surprised. Scientists hypothesize they do this to shake off the barnacles, while others think it's to find food. So this ticker today was no surprise, also taking into consideration that a lot of people get pets for their children to enjoy during vacation.  Then they let them go, presumably to "thrive" in the wild, though thriving is usually not what happens.  

There's no end to the unusual but logical reasons a Boa Constrictor would be found on a SC beach.

Turns out however, that I missed "Ford," which followed "Beach," but making this headline even more intriguing.  Even more interesting was that the snake was identified as a rare Albino Boa from South America, according to WPDE.  Curious for the details, I visited the WPDE website for the full story and photos, which filled in the blanks. Visit http://www.wpde.com for more. 

It clarified that a Boa Constrictor was found at Beach Ford Lincoln Automotive and the just as interesting thing was, that it was found by technicians, under the hood of a car brought in for repair.  

Is this a trend for animals? I discovered a cat under my hood on a cold winter night one time and another, hubs was driving to work when his car began missing and sputtering.  He immediately pulled into his mechanics shop near his office after the 45 minute precarious drive. When he popped the hood, a large bunny bolted. Bunnies chew so of course this one was chewing- in this case his spark plug wires the entire time which accounted for the increasing sputtering and missing of his car trying to keep up with the others on the interstate.

No worries. It was a hare-owing experience (apologies) but Bunny was fine and actually had enough energy to immediately bolt and run under a bush nearby. He didn't go far however. According to the mechanic, it took up permanent residence near the shop and actually was at the door every morning when he came to work. Ultimately customers bringing their cars in started also bringing in carrots, beets and other bunny food apparently, so he became a beloved resident and was affectionately dubbed, "Sparky."

The boa story is also as uplifting. The owner of a local company called "The Snake Chaser," Russell Cavendar was called in to safely unravel the heavy snake from the car's engine.  Cavendar reported it wasn't in good condition so he would take it home and restore it to health until the original or a new owner could be found to permanently care for the rare snake, according to Taylor Ford and Adrianna Lawrence at WPDE.