“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 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.
An AMC spokeswoman told the news organization Reuters that the rumors were true, but Tranter has been refuting the story to news outlets from across the U.S. “
My first thought was “total BS, never happened, but well-done studio stealth-promotion department,” and 5 minutes of following up on the story (just a few hours after the story was released) on the web proved it so. Far too “good” to be true.
5 responses to “Can you imagine?”
I would have crapped my pants…
Crap.
That is scary.
Azcentral.com says the snakes loose in the theatre is mostly hoax:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0823talker0823.html
“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 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.
An AMC spokeswoman told the news organization Reuters that the rumors were true, but Tranter has been refuting the story to news outlets from across the U.S. “
My first thought was “total BS, never happened, but well-done studio stealth-promotion department,” and 5 minutes of following up on the story (just a few hours after the story was released) on the web proved it so. Far too “good” to be true.