The Pet Devil
Illustration★★★★A young man in Orlando, Florida, was nearly killed by his pet anaconda. He had owned the snake for many years and had always felt comfortable allowing the creature to coil around his arms and neck. Somehow, though, he hadn’t noticed that what was once a manageable, six-foot-long novelty had become a sixteen-foot-long monster.
One day, while this young man was demonstrating to friends the confidence he had in his pet, the constrictor began to squeeze his neck and chest. After a desperate struggle, the man’s friends and his knife-wielding mother were able to force the creature to release his prey. The man barely survived.
The point
A young man's pet anaconda that seemed manageable grew to 16 feet and nearly killed him by constricting his neck; familiarity bred false confidence until the danger nearly proved fatal.