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[Stormbringer]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197976,00.html

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monty Coles was 3,000 feet in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out at him from the plane's instrument panel — a 4 1/2-foot black snake.

Coles had left Charleston earlier for a leisurely flight over the West Virginia countryside last Saturday in his Piper Cherokee and was preparing to land in Gallipolis, Ohio, when the snake revealed itself.

"Nothing in any of the manuals ever described anything like this," the 62-year-old Cross Lanes resident said. But the advice given 25 years earlier from his flight instructor immediately came to mind: "No matter what happens, fly the plane."

An attempt to swat the snake only resulted in it falling to Coles' feet under the rudder pedals. It then darted to the other side of the cockpit.

While maintaining control of the single-engine plane with one hand, Coles grabbed the reptile behind its head with his other.

"There was no way I was letting that thing go. It coiled all around my arm, and its tail grabbed hold of a lever on the floor and started pulling," Coles said.

The next step was to radio for emergency landing clearance.

"They came back and asked what my problem was. I told them I had one hand full of snake and the other hand full of plane. They cleared me in."

After a smooth landing, Coles posed for pictures with the snake, then let it loose.

"That snake resides in Ohio now," he said. "I wasn't about to bring it home. I don't mind snakes, but I sure like to know where they are."

Coles said he was lucky his usual travel companions, his wife and dachshund, were not on the flight.

"If my wife had been in the plane, I wouldn't have a wife, a plane or myself," Coles said. "I don't know what might have happened if Killer had been in the plane, but it sure would have been a lot more exciting."

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[Escape Goat]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197976,00.html



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whoa, whoa, slow down there, poindexter.

 

[Fallofmart]

Viral Marketing

 

[jamesinclair]

I now look forward to "baed on a true story" the the upcoming movie.

 

[Justin Bailey]

I now look forward to "baed on a true story" the the upcoming movie.

That would be awesome if they did.

 

[Ford Prefect]

Viral Marketing

Exactly what I was thinking :lol

 

[sonicfan]

 

[davepoobond]

 

[meltpotato]

Viral Marketing

you couldn't ask for better free publicity than this.. the studio needs to throw some weight around and make sure this store goes big and national.

 

[Chony]

Too many phallic references to list.

 

[Beer Monkey]

 

[Jado]

I told them I had one hand full of snake and the other hand full of plane.

That sounds badass for some reason.

Or a bit perverse actually.

 

[muttyeah416]

what a badass pilot

 

[Duck of Death]

Gets me every time :lol

 

[MrToughPants]

"There was no way I was letting that thing go. It coiled all around my arm, and its tail grabbed hold of a lever on the floor and started pulling," Coles said.

Bullshit.

 

[Totz]

"They came back and asked what my problem was. I told them I had one hand full of MOTHER****ING SNAKES and the other hand full of breasts. They cleared me in."

After a smooth landing, Samuel L. Jackson posed for pictures with the snake, then ate it whole.

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It's not funny, I know

 

[Stormbringer]

Fixed.

Spoiler

It's not funny, I know

Actually, this is funny. I guess we will have to wait until soon after the movie hit the theatres to declare the S.O.A.P fad officially dead and totally not funny.
Meanwhile, enjoy !

 

[Lord Helmet]

Might be old, but it looks like Clerks II got moved up to avoid going head to head with Snakes On A Plane.

 

[Shinobi]

Fixed.

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It's not funny, I know

Truth doesn't have to be funny.