r/UnbelievableThings • u/Charlotte_Barkley • 1d ago
The time when cops accidentally euthanized a snake worth hundred grand
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u/Suetham016 1d ago
The way he screams 'fuck' .... damn, poor dude
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u/Gunether 1d ago
His 11 year old pregnant snake was murdered, I really do feel sorry for him
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u/Dottsterisk 1d ago
I don’t think it was his. He keeps talking about how some other guy is gonna flip out, so I assume he’s holding it for someone. Perhaps caring for it until the babies come.
A mistake like this could cost him a lot of business, even if it’s not his fault.
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u/flybasilisk 1d ago
He runs the snake equivalent of a puppy mill, he only cares about lost profits.
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u/Watt_Knot 1d ago
Absolutely believable
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u/9lobaldude 1d ago
Yup
Probably the snake did not respect their authorithay
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u/stonecuttercolorado 1d ago
These are animal control. The other snakes needed to be killed because they were pythons which are an terrible invasive species in Florida. They are literally destroying the everglades.
https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/snakes/burmese-python/
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-have-invasive-pythons-impacted-florida-ecosystems
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u/WolfieVonD 1d ago
The unbelievable part is the snake being worth 100k
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u/MulticolourMonster 1d ago edited 1d ago
The unbelievable part is the snake being worth 100k
Snake in question was a pregnant boa constrictor
Boa Constrictors are viviparous snakes - instead of laying eggs, they give birth to live young. This ultimately produces a smaller number of offspring than egg laying
This is also more physically taxing on the female, so she'll do it max once a year (and that's if her nutritional intake and her health are optimal. If not, once every 2-3 years) High demand and low supply means these babies are very valuable
Boa Constrictors are also considered one of the more difficult species to care for - so not all herpetile breeders will be able to deal with them. This further drives up the asking price for those who can provide them.
→€100,000 ÷ 16 babies (average clutch size) = €6250 each
and that's not even accounting for the value of the mother and future offspring she could birth, or if they're a rare morph
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u/Prollyreachinglol 1d ago
“Keep an eye on him” BRO YOURE THE ONE THAT FUCKED UP 🤣 if your guys were so good at supervising, you wouldn’t be in this position
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u/WhatsThatOnMyProfile 1d ago edited 1d ago
The cops fucked up but when the guys starts running around and throwing shit, it makes sense in their shoes they don’t want to see him go for a weapon
Everyone’s just trying to go home
Edit: but I made a comment that sounds like it’s supporting cops and we’re on Reddit so shower me with downvotes. The snake owner is right to be angry. But the cops don’t know what he’s going to do. If they “keep an eye on him” at least they can have an opportunity to talk him down if he does over-react.
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u/Prollyreachinglol 1d ago
He just lost 100k for no good reason, not just that. The trust of good customers, of course he’s pissed… cmon now. His business has been affected and in that moment it’s hard to see how he’d be able to recover as that snake in particular is important to what he had going on. Either way that’s no indication he’ll take it out on the police or anyone else. As a matter of fact him throwing things in the opposite direction of the police shows his anger wouldn’t be directed towards them.
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If a regular person cost me 100k, I could sue and it’d effect the person that violated
Police get sued, no action is taken against them and tax payers pay for the lawsuit.
He has every right to be frustrated with this and throw his own things. Sure there are healthier ways of venting, but this is a situation he shouldn’t be in to begin with. There would be no “just trying to go home” situation if the party that’s supposed to be authoritative figures simply did their job right instead of causing these situations of high stress
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u/WhatsThatOnMyProfile 1d ago
I 100% agree. The guy was totally right to be angry and to go and throw things around and do whatever to his property. This hurt his business. No disagreement there.
What I’m talking about is being around that anger. You can tell me the guy had no indication of whatever. But you cant tell me it’s unreasonable that the cops would want to make sure he doesn’t escalate given how angry he was and about to go out of view.
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u/xithbaby 1d ago edited 1d ago
Normal people can get really angry and still not think about murdering someone. This guy had reason to be that upset and they knew they screwed up big time and even admitted to it. They were in his business!
This type of behavior can actually make someone even more upset because they feel like they’re being treated unfairly. This is more of a tactic they use to create issues so they can arrest people when there is otherwise no reason.
How many times have we seen videos of people getting harassed by cops and they arrest the people for being pissed off at being harassed? Cops create the problems and then make it worse by treating people like criminals.
Edit: typo
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u/TooMuchGrilledCheez 1d ago
Thats why they said to watch him and not detain him of his freedom to move. He had a right to be pissed, but they also have a right to watch him so he doesn’t go get a weapon.
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u/WhatsThatOnMyProfile 1d ago
Not saying the guys anger isn’t justified. I would be pissed too
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u/Electrical_Annual329 1d ago
That guy was so upset I’d be worried he would off himself.
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u/WhatsThatOnMyProfile 1d ago
Another great point. A loss like that would be devastating to a lot of people.
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u/isolatedmindset87 1d ago
“Everyone” as in the cops, and that’s all they care about…”keep a eye on him” = keep hand on your gun, and make sure we all are safe, fuck the other guy…. Cops care if cops go home, fuck everyone else
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u/PorkshireTerrier 4h ago
I think the cop fear and mentality is justified (they are clowns incompetent expect state to pay for all their screw ups)
But they clearly are apologizing. I say this not to defend them, but to hilight that this is them being NICE. Imagine if this guy was part of any group race or religion the cops perceived as dangerous. This could be a "we assumed he was going for a gun, our badge cams stopped working" situation. Anyone who believes otherwise with confidence, id love to hear your thoughts
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u/kobuzz666 1d ago
That is the I-fucked-up-but-have-to-maintain-my-“I-am-in-control-of-this-situation”-attitude complex kicking in.
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u/ventusvibrio 1d ago
Kinda pissed me off how casually these cops assume that we the tax payers would just fix their fuck up. Should have came out of their pocket.
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u/checkedsteam922 1d ago
They get like that because that's what always happens, government always covers their asses. Worst case scenario they get put off duty with pay.
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u/theblindelephant 1d ago
They sort of try gaslight him into thinking he’s doing something wrong
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u/kayl_breinhar 1d ago
"You have the right to be confused. If you're confused, it's easier for us to somehow make everything your fault..."
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u/doesnt_use_reddit 1d ago
The state's gonna fix it, the state's gonna fix it. Dude. WE are going to fix it, with OUR money. Yet WE made no mistakes.
Fuck the police.
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u/Charlotte_Barkley 1d ago
In my opinion, he could take legal action against them for unlawfully interfering with his business.
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u/Necessary_Box_3479 1d ago
He got awarded $304k
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u/Oddity83 1d ago
If that snake can have a set of babies worth 100 grand, then the snake is worth far more than that. Tbh 300k might still not be enough
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u/sockersfc23 1d ago
Copy and paste comment from the same video that was posted before yours. Cool video, but be original.
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u/Sad_Instruction1392 1d ago
That “Hey, we’re shaking too” line always gets me.
“Hey guy, we know you know that we’re a bunch of badly trained goons who couldn’t find our ass with both hands, but maybe could you see it from our perspective?”
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u/excommunicate__ 1d ago
cops are great at killing things, that’s really the only thing they’re good at. oh, and not experiencing repercussions. they excel at that too.
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u/Intelligent_Ebb_9332 1d ago
They didn’t even apologize for it, “it was a mistake” they didn’t give a single fuck.
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u/ScowlyBrowSpinster 1d ago
"The State will fix it!" <---typical bumbling motherfucker cop response. Poor snake.
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u/BusGreen7933 1d ago
Right? When cops make “mistakes” they should start paying for it out of their pockets, not the taxpayers. Pretty damn sure there’d be fewer mistakes being made when they’re held personally accountable for their actions..you know, like the general public.
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u/Heavyduckets 1d ago
Cops lead in making stupid choices like this - why not ask if you are in doubt???
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u/softymcwoke 1d ago
"The state will fix this"... not in fucking Florida they won't. Had a police trailering a boat literally run thru 4 lanes of traffic wrecklessly, T bone a guy, boat flips on top and rolls over my car, and I was told, "don't worry, they'll make it right." Months later I'm getting told to pound sand for my neck injuries and alllll the damage they caused.
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u/limajhonny69 1d ago
I aways wondered the follow up to this. Never found anything about it, tho
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u/No-Gene-4508 1d ago
Dude won $304k is what happened.
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u/limajhonny69 1d ago
Good to know that the gov. didnt got out of this without paying.
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u/AbilityEmergency7988 1d ago
awesome that your taxes paid for it when the cops didn't.
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u/Ahlq802 1d ago
Hundred thousand dollars worth of what?
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u/HighHoeHighHoes 1d ago
Some snake morphs (color/pattern) can fetch HUGE money depending on how rare/popular it is. It a breeder is lucky/skilled enough to be one of the first to breed a specific morph then their offspring can sell for 5 figures each to other breeders who want to produce that morph.
Most (all?) Boas give live birth, averaging like 25 babies, but upwards of 60. Those babies can be as cheap as $100 upwards of $10,000+ each.
My guess based on the video is that momma had some rare genetics and he was anticipating either a lot of babies based on her history, or a specific set of babies based on her and dad’s genetics.
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u/Ahlq802 1d ago
Thank you! I didn’t understand that.
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u/HighHoeHighHoes 1d ago
Yeah, my guess is it is somewhere in the middle. Like mom has a history of big clutches (births) and he was expecting like 50 snakes worth about $2,000 ea with some being $400-500 snakes and a handful being $4,000-$5,000.
Remember the genetics grids (Punnett squares) we all did in high school? It’s that. Expecting a distribution of mom and dads dominate and recessive traits that might produce something valuable.
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u/Royal-Elephant2359 1d ago
What danger did the snake immediately pose to society? People wait decades to get executed on death row to much more taxpayer expense but they deemed it necessary to execute the snake on the spot without having a full review. Mind your business.
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u/newkiaowner 1d ago
I didn’t read anything in that article about him getting $300k. He probably didn’t get a dime.
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u/crispy_attic 1d ago
“The State will fix it” seems to be the go to for when they fuck up. What that really means is, “the tax payers will pay for this and I won’t be financially responsible for my fuck up at all.”
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u/Scoopofnoodle 1d ago
The Boa was acting in a threatening way and didn't put up its hands when we asked it multiple time.
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u/stopthefkincar 1d ago
“The state will take care of it” always gets me. That’s tax payer money lost.
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u/Double_Dousche89 1d ago
Keep an eye on him is code for be prepared to pepper his ass if he gets any more emotional. God, I love law-enforcement, and hate them at the same time.
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u/4DPeterPan 1d ago
What kind of snake is worth 100 grand?
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u/EvilMoSauron 1d ago
It could be the breed or the morph (skin pattern). Also, he said the snake was gravid (pregnant, filled with undeveloped eggs). $100k... I assume, it would be something rare like a green tree python with the high blue morph (it looks sky blue with silver eyes). $900 - $1,500 per snake. Green tree snakes lay 6-30 eggs at a time.
Granted, that's not including shipping. So this guy could be estimating, counting how much replacing that breed with traits, OR I'm wrong on the breed of snake.
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u/4DPeterPan 1d ago
Oh wow.
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u/EvilMoSauron 1d ago
Yeah, reptiles are not cheap, and double-checking the video, I gotten species wrong too. Pythons aren't boas. So I don't even know the math.
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u/FocalorLucifuge 1d ago
Cops tend to be "kill first, answer questions in the press conference later" kind of people.
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u/Jean_velvet 1d ago
I'm surprised he didn't storm out throwing open all those snake boxes. Release some mobs
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u/IceCreamLover124 1d ago
Why is “mistakenly” in quotes? Clearly it was a mistake they didnt mean to kill the wrong snake 🤦♂️
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u/JohnBosler 1d ago
Keep an eye on him he's acting suspicious - so after ruining this guy's business and killing his animal they still have to ego trip make sure he doesn't do anything insane. That's why people hate the cops they feel no remorse when they have done wrong and then the shift the blame back to the victim. They didn't bother to compensate for their wrongs it had to be taken to court to be forced. Maybe those enforcing law should be absolutely certain about what they're doing before they do it ignorance is no excuse that you didn't understand you have the wrong snake.
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u/Electrical_Annual329 1d ago
If I cost my company $304k because I effed up I would be fired and would have to change industries or probably work at McDonald’s because I wouldn’t be able to get another job. Why doesn’t this happen to cops/fish and wildlife officers? If you know that if you screw up your gonna get fired you will be more careful.
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u/Reverend_Decepticon 1d ago
The ending where the cop says, "keep an eye on him" is the icing on the cake.
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u/IngenuityOk2403 1d ago
The whole story behind this is so fucked. I get mad with him just watching this
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u/Blooming-Ballon-1818 1d ago
I hate when I’m rightfully upset about something, and the people at fault nonchalantly tell me to “relax” and “calm down”. This guy handled it way better than I would’ve.
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u/Dujak_Yevrah 17h ago
I guess for cops the state is like the rich dad who bails them out of everything so they never have to receive consequences for their action. This time he didn't feel like putting up with his kid.
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u/charbo187 16h ago
I love the cops yelling "the state is gonna fix it, the state is gonna fix it!"
as if the state is gonna write him a check tomorrow for just compensation like magic and he won't, instead, have to spend thousands of his own money to pay for attorneys to file suit and it will take years of being in court before he gets SOMETHING out of the state, and that is IF he can get past the cops qualified immunity.....
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u/Jurassiick 7h ago
Bro is this that guy who has a pet store or whatever with a fuck ton of giant snakes and gators and shit?
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u/_-_-_MW_-_-_ 1h ago
After they kill his snake, they need to “keep an eye on him”. They’re the killers and need to make sure they’re prepared to kill you if you retaliate against their injustice. What is this fucking country anymore.
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u/Easy-Garlic6263 1d ago
How is a snake worth so much?
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u/Adventurous_Bet7891 1d ago
Antivenom
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u/dahliasinfelle 1d ago
Boas are constrictors. They don't have venom
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u/Adventurous_Bet7891 1d ago
Look out, we got a snake expert. You probably fuck snakes too. Probably having a boa constrict on you dick atm. Thank for the info, why is it so expensive?
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u/OneStopK 1d ago
People are always angry at the cops, but the real culprits are lawmakers. The average person has very very little ability to be prescient enough to understand the far reaching consequences of their "bans" "statutes", etc....and placing power to enforce those bans and laws gives license for law enforcement to overreach on a regular basis. Especially with the adoption of the "respect my authority" mentality that has infected the job. The average person does very poorly with a minimal amount of power and it seems a lot of law enforcement personnel are below average.
The scope of law enforcement needs to be drastically overhauled and the ability to kill citizens virtually removed. And before I hear about how many millions of cops will die every day in the wastelands of gang banger heaven aka "the mean streets of Chicago"....somehow the law enforcement in major cities around the world manage to survive entire careers without gunning down a citizen.
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u/N0xF0rt 1d ago
Why did they do it though?