Canadian experts baffled as pet-store python kills sleeping boys
Reptile experts are baffled by a python attack in an apartment that left two young boys dead in New Brunswick. The children, Noah Barthe aged five, and Connor Barthe aged seven, were sleeping at a friend's apartment on Sunday in the small town of Campbellton, when they were reportedly strangled by the 45-kilogram African rock python.
Reptile experts are baffled by a python attack in an apartment that left two young boys dead in New Brunswick.
The children, Noah Barthe aged five, and Connor Barthe aged seven, were sleeping at a friend's apartment on Sunday in the small town of Campbellton, when they were reportedly strangled by the 45-kilogram African rock python.
It had escaped from a pet store that specialised in exotic animals, located on the floor below the apartment.
The store owner, Jean-Claude Savoie, reportedly found the snake in the living room with the boys.
"Police believe that a large exotic snake escaped its enclosure at the store sometime overnight, and got into the ventilation system, then into the upstairs apartment," police said. "It's believed the two boys were strangled by the snake."
Police believe that a large exotic snake escaped its enclosure at the store sometime overnight, and got into the ventilation system, then into the upstairs apartment. It's believed the two boys were strangled by the snake