In real-life-movie news, a high school coach from Virginia was given a surprise while traveling to South Carolina. Coach Andy Bacas has hospitalized after he was bitten by a rattlesnake that was hiding in his luggage. Here's a piece of the full story from the AP:"Bacas, a rowing coach at Yorktown High School in Arlington, told authorities he felt a sharp pain on his hand Monday when he reached into his luggage. He then saw the nearly foot-long snake and slammed the suitcase shut.I guess there are several questions ones could ask after reading this story. Why did they have to freeze the snake to death? Couldn't they have just let it go? Why was this dude's luggage sitting out open on his porch, anyway? How long was it out there that a snake could have time to decide that it would be a good place to hide? Where was Samuel L. Jackson during all of this? Questions...
Fire and rescue workers took the suitcase outside, opened it and blasted the snake, identified as a juvenile canebrake rattler, with a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher. The chemical essentially froze the animal to death.
"The guy who responded had seen (the fire extinguisher technique) done on TV," Arlington County Fire Chief Ben Barksdale said.
Bacas' son, Peter, said the luggage had been left open on a porch during the trip. Barksdale said he had no information that the snake was deliberately put into the luggage."
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