As if all you outdoorsmen in the reading audience didn’t
have enough creepy crawlies to worry about while out in the woods, reports
coming from the Chattahoochee River area this week tell of a possible Python
that was spotted by an Abbeville man named Randy Sanders.
Sanders said he was walking with his grandkids along
Kolomoki Creek, southeast of Ft. Gaines, Ga. when he saw what is believed to
have been a Python between 10 to 15 feet in length.
Sanders, who was able to photograph the snake, said it had a
head as large as a five-gallon bucket. Despite the photographic evidence, snake
experts were still unable to positively identify the snake as a Python.
Auburn University Herpetology professor, Dr. Craig Guyer,
told reporters that the winters in the Gulf Coast region are mild enough to
support Pythons, which have been known to live in the Florida Everglades since
the late 1990s.
The report went on to say that over the past two years
multiple people have reported seeing large dark-colored, banded snakes at Lake
Eufaula and Barbour Creek. These large snakes were 10 feet long and longer,
witnesses said.
My trusty Schneider road atlas tells me that Fort Gaines,
Ga., which is on the Alabama-Georgia border just east of Abbeville, is actually
further north than Evergreen. In other words, most of Conecuh County is closer
to the Gulf Coast than where this Python was supposedly spotted last week.
As far as I know, no Pythons have been ever been spotted in
Conecuh County, but if they are, please let us know at The Courant. I’ve taken
lots of big rattlesnake and cottonmouth pictures over the years, but a Python
would be a first and would probably guarantee you a spot on the front page.
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As of Monday morning, 13 teams remained in the hunt for this
year’s NBA title.
During the past week, Golden State eliminated my favorite
team, the New Orleans Pelicans, and the Warriors will face either Portland or
Memphis in the Western Conference quarterfinals. More than likely, they’ll play
Memphis, who was up three games to none on Portland when this column was
written.
Other Western Conference teams still alive included the
Clippers, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas. As of Monday, the series between the
Clippers and San Antonio was tied up, 2-2, but Houston was up on Dallas, 3-1.
Only six teams remained in the mix in the Eastern
Conference. During the past week, the Washington Wizards swept Toronto, 4-0,
sending the Raptors to the house. Cleveland also swept the Boston Celtics, 4-0,
thereby eliminating my favorite team in the East.
Other Eastern Conference teams still in the hunt as of
Monday included Atlanta, Brooklyn, Chicago and Milwaukee. As of this writing,
Atlanta was up two games to one on Brooklyn, and Chicago had a 3-1 edge on the
Bucks.
Of the 13 teams left, I expect Golden State to win the West
and to play probably Cleveland out of the East. Golden State’s looked good all
season, and it looks like it’s going to be hard to beat them in the playoffs.
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