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gncxx King-Size Canary
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| Health and Safety in the UK would be apoplectic at that! |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
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| Posted: 06-08-2013 07:58 Post subject: |
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University of East Anglia lake body: Dress picture released
Police have released a picture of the dress worn by a woman found dead in a Norwich lake in the hope it will help indentify her.
The woman's body was found by an angler in the University of East Anglia lake about 08:40 BST on Thursday.
A police spokesman said there was "no evidence at this stage to suggest the woman was victim of violence".
The size 10 dress features no label to indicate the maker or where it was bought.
The woman was believed to be in her late 30s to early 40s, had short dark brown hair that appeared to be dyed auburn or deep red and was 5ft 7ins (1.7m) tall.
A post-mortem examination proved inconclusive and further toxicology tests continue. Police are treating the death as unexplained.
Det Insp Richard Graveling, from Norwich CID, said: "We are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a woman matching the description and wearing this item in the area around the university in the early part of last week.
"We are unable to establish where the dress was purchased and would be keen to hear from any retailers who believe they stock the item."
Additional searches were carried out at the weekend after a shoe was found by a fisherman on Friday night near a jetty close to where the body was discovered.
No other items were found and police are unable to confirm whether the shoe belonged to the woman.
Mr Graveling added: "There is no evidence at this stage to suggest the woman was the victim of violence or that a third party was involved, however we are keeping an open mind as to the circumstances surrounding the discovery."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-23581662 |
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| Father_Ted Grey Joined: 02 May 2012 Total posts: 22 Location: Craggy Island Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-08-2013 11:45 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Snake 'strangles two children' in New Brunswick, Canada
A snake escaped from a pet shop and killed two children in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, police say.
In a statement, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they believed the reptile had strangled two boys, aged five and seven, in Campbellton.
The boys were staying overnight at a friend's apartment above the pet shop.
Police said they believe the snake slipped out of its cage overnight and travelled through the ventilation. The serpent has been captured by police.
'Tragedy'
Officers were called to the address on Monday morning where the two boys were found dead, said a police statement. The flat was located above the Reptile Ocean exotic pet store.
"The preliminary investigation has led police to believe that a large exotic snake had escaped its enclosure at the store sometime overnight, and got into the ventilation system, then into the upstairs apartment," said the statement.
Post-mortem examinations will be performed on the two boys, thought to be brothers, on Tuesday. No charges have been laid so far.
Campbellton's deputy mayor, Ian Comeau, said the incident was a "tragedy".
"The city is in shock," he added.
Experts say attacks by exotic snakes are extremely rare.
David Rogrigue, director of Montreal's Ecomuseum Zoo, told Agence France-Presse news agency that this attack was "difficult to believe... very, very extraordinary, and very improbable".
In a Facebook message, Reptile Ocean wrote: "Deepest sympathies goes out to the family of the children. A terrible accident without a meaning."
The store said it would temporarily suspend its online account because users had posted "demeaning comments".
Initial reports suggested the reptile may have been a boa constrictor, but officials later said they believed it was an African rock python.
The owner of Reptile Ocean told CTV News that he had had the snake since 2001. |
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23583116
So a snake happens to escape on the one night these children are sleeping over, climbs up the ventilation system, strangles both and doesn't attempt to eat them. No that's not suspicious at all. |
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| Ginando Great Old One Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Total posts: 323 Location: Somewhere other than where I really want to be Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-08-2013 12:37 Post subject: |
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| The interview with the petshop store owner was bizarre. He was speaking about holes in the floor where the snake had crawled back, and seemed generally odd in his manner about the incident. I am no expert on snakes, but I find it beyond belief that a snake can work its way through a ventilation system to an upper floor, strangle two children to death, then escape through an open hole in the floor. What on earth sort of apartment has a ventilation system which allows a massive snake to enter and exit from at all. No louvres? No grilles? |
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| Timble2 Imaginary person Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Total posts: 7110 Location: Practically in Narnia Age: 58 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 06-08-2013 12:38 Post subject: |
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| Saw that story and it definitely doesn't add up. |
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| Ronson8 Things can only get better.
Great Old One Joined: 31 Jul 2001 Total posts: 5970 Location: MK Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-08-2013 13:26 Post subject: |
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| I agree, there's more to this than meets the eye. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17657 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-08-2013 13:47 Post subject: |
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| The Mounties will get their man. |
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| JamesWhitehead Piffle Prospector Joined: 02 Aug 2001 Total posts: 5543 Location: Manchester, UK Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-08-2013 13:49 Post subject: |
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This Australian story of a child attacked by a python seems to date from January
"Tex Tillis of Tex's Snake Removals' who removed the snake, said the coastal python or carpet snake was not looking for a meal, just somewhere warm.
"Pythons, underneath their bottom lip have a row of sensors which evolution has equipped them with to see the world in infrared. In the dark, baby and mother sleeping in the bed would look like a lump of heat,
"The snake turned violent when it felt threatened . . . "
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17709 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 3 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 06-08-2013 15:02 Post subject: |
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| People strangle each other, not snakes. I agree, it doesn't ring true. Very sad anyway, whatever's happened. |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13303 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-08-2013 18:02 Post subject: |
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| A boa constrictor might be able to "strangle" a human, but wouldn't a python be more likely to swallow you? |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17709 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 3 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 07-08-2013 08:14 Post subject: |
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Yup, snakes kill for food. Might one have killed the boys and then, I dunno, had a nap before starting to eat them, during which time the deaths were discovered?
It seems now that the snake was a household pet, not a pet shop escapee. The plot thickens. |
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| Spudrick68 Great Old One Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Total posts: 1096 Location: sunny Morecambe Age: 45 Gender: Male |
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