Hi Phil and Everyone,

About the man who was taken and killed by a stingray, well, from what 
I heard, and from what Vernon told me, I guess he was laying over top 
of the stingray, probably expecting nothing to happen. I heard he 
often did this with his alagaders, but I don't know. I personally 
think anyone who messes with that kind of stuff is crazier than I am. 
lol. It is sad what happened, and I don't wish this kind of thing to 
happen to anyone. Some people really like dangerous stuff. Not me.

Just my thoughts.

Blessings,
Pat Ferguson



At 02:51 PM 9/6/2006, you wrote:
>Somebody is going to have to explain a couple of things to me.
>
>first, a 23 year old young man, with 10 to 12 years of snake handling
>experience, tells his family that he is going out to the shed where he keeps
>his 14 foot long pet python.  the snake needs to be treated for some type of
>a medical problem, the kid says.  Three hours later, the family goes to
>check on him and finds him dead in the shed.  The coroner's report for cause
>of death is consistent with suffocation and upper body triangulation which
>are easily produced by a constrictor species of snake.  That's what a python
>does when it kills is prey.  So, somebody is going to have to explain to me
>how this snake handling expert somehow forgot about this.  What was the
>medical problem he was checking on?  A sore throat?
>
>Secondly, the guy from Australia, Steve, whatever his name was.  Tragedy?
>Yes, as much as the 23 year old kid and the python.  However, Steve said, I
>heard on the news today, that he never wanted the camera to stop running
>even if he was being torn to pieces by a crazy alligator.  He wanted it all
>on tape and he wanted it shown around the world.  I would say, although the
>tape, they say, shows he wasn't tormenting the sting ray, he must have been
>a little too close for comfort.  I doubt Steve thought he would be killed by
>a sting ray when he swam with sharks, screwed around with alligators, and a
>lot of man eating type of animals.  So, somebody is going to have to explain
>this one to me, too because I'm having trouble understanding.
>
>Phil.
>
>
>He's ready when you are.
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