another coastie commented that it was a 9ft boa and this was at Airsta Mobile, AL. to my knowledge they don't have boa's down there (unless it was formally a pet) it looks like a rattler to me, and if that's the case, no way would i get near that thing!!!!!
Damn, that's a big snake. The only thing I know for sure is that it isn't Kodiak. I know recently they've had a rash of rattlers popping up at the air sta in Clearwater. I don't remember ever seeing that much green grass in Gitmo, it was all weeds and scrub brush; even the "golf course" was weeds and scrub brush.
That picture is at least six or seven years old and that is not a rattle snake. The knot on the chocks in the second picture make it look like a rattler but it isn't. It is a python or boa constrictor. So with those clues, any more guesses? If it isn't GITMO, I would guess some lovely South American TAD location.
Originally posted by Dolphindriver: That picture is at least six or seven years old and that is not a rattle snake. The knot on the chocks in the second picture make it look like a rattler but it isn't. It is a python or boa constrictor. So with those clues, any more guesses? If it isn't GITMO, I would guess some lovely South American TAD location.
You're right...it has been around for a few years. The last time it was posted on here I very vaguely recollect someone mentioned the old Homestead AFB around the timeframe of a hurricane/storm. One of the respondants claimed to have been there during the incident. It was many moons ago so the memory could be fuzzy. The blue flightsuit dates the pic some.
Yes it is GITMO...yes it is a constrictor. That is a Clearwater bird. The gentlemen in the lovely blue flight suit is AMT3 Bowles. If I remember correctly he didn't even see the "friend" until after he moved the chocks from the mains to the nose. The darn thing kept going back to the plane too after he would drag it off.
Yes it is GITMO...yes it is a constrictor. That is a Clearwater bird. The gentlemen in the lovely blue flight suit is AMT3 Bowles. If I remember correctly he didn't even see the "friend" until after he moved the chocks from the mains to the nose. The darn thing kept going back to the plane too after he would drag it off.
Obviously the snake realized he hadn't gotten his flight time for the month. When I was in Astoria we had a Falcon that was written up for basically smelling like cat pee and sure enough after a few days the night shift found a ferrel cat that had been living under the avionics rack in the back of the plane where he went to the bathroom and everything else. Judging by the amount of poop we found, we figured he'd been on the plane for a few days and went flying atleast twice. The guy who found the cat was sent to medical when he went to grab it and the cat tore into him. It took a guy wearing hoisting gloves to extricate the cat from the plane.
