Rattlers freed in ?Snakes? theater prank

[PARAGON]

Rattlers freed in ?Snakes? theater prank
?They were both removed, and no one was harmed? says spokesperson
Reuters

Updated: 5:58 p.m. CT Aug 22, 2006

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Movie chain AMC Entertainment Inc. said pranksters at one of its Phoenix theaters released two live diamondback rattlesnakes during a showing of the film ?Snakes on a Plane? last Friday. No one was injured.

AMC spokeswoman Melanie Bell said, ?One was found in the parking lot during the show, and the other in the movie theater. They were both removed, and no one was harmed.?

The snakes were later released in the desert.

Bell had no further details.

The movie stars Samuel L. Jackson, and spins a yarn about a crate-load of escaped snakes that run amok on an airline flight, attacking passengers and crew.

?There were kids at the show, and it was actually very reckless,? Russ Johnson, the president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society told Reuters.

?The snakes? bite carries a powerful venom that could have seriously injured someone,? he added.

[DDWH]

Nice prank! That would have been screwed had someone been bit!!!!!!

[KenP]

Funnay premise... Bad idea.

[Sewie]

I wanna know how the hell they got one into the theater.

[Aubs]

Would have been a good prank had they used some form of non-venomous snake.

[Hmmm2]

x2

[Agriv8r]

X3

[Boar-Ral]

I read about this a couple days ago, but it turns out that it is a hoax.

[Big Z]

Now, I could see A box of rubber snakes from, a balcony!

[Agriv8r]

Originally Posted by Big Z

Now, I could see A box of rubber covered snakes from, a balcony!

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[Arizona Hummerboy]

I read the Internet New from Phoenix today. It said that a 10 inch rattle snake was found inside of the theater in the hallway, and was caught by a security guard. The other snake was found out side of the theater.

They think the snakes came from a field accross the street from the theater that is under construction.

I was over in that area today, I must say that must have been one hell of a craw for them snakes to get from the field to the theater. It was a long way to craw for a snake.




'Snakes in a theater' turns out to be hoax

Aug. 22, 2006 07:27 PM

Police say reports that rattlesnakes were let loose during a showing of Snakes on a Plane at a north Phoenix theater have taken moviegoers for a ride.

There is some shred of truth to the story, Phoenix police Sgt. Joel Tranter said. A 10-inch-long rattlesnake was found Friday in a hallway at AMC Desert Ridge 18, near Tatum Boulevard and Loop 101. But it likely slithered inside on its own, Tranter said.

A security guard swept the snake outside and held it in a Tupperware container until a member of the Arizona Herpetological Association could take it away. Snake handlers had been called earlier in the day to retrieve a rattler from outside the theater.