A backpack, found at a school bus stop in New Braunfels, Texas, was found to contain somewhat of a surprise by a parent who opened the bag. The contents: a 42" long Western Diamondback rattler! Luckily, it was a cold morning, so the snake was probably fairly inactive and thankfully no one was bitten by it.
Of course, the local police have their suspicions about how the snake got into the backpack and how the pack containing the snake wound up at the school bus stop. Their suspicions were aroused because they believe it unlikely that the snake just crawled into a bag, at a bus stop, especially since the bag was closed and it was a very cool day (when rattlers are usually inactive) and since the bag did not contain any school related materials. Sounds like truly malicious intent to me and again thank goodness no one was injured.
The snake fared well to. It was brought to a reptile farm and it will be released upon conclusion of the investigation.
All the best,
Glenn B
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