She’s been informed to not do it once more.
But choosing up a snake and swinging it round a number of occasions is one thing 12-year-old Rosie Wightman would have rued not doing.
“I would have been regretting it for the rest of the time, so I just got it. Yeah, just got the snake,” the Sunshine Coast woman informed Sunrise.
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Rosie’s actions in her Eumundi yard have gone viral after being posted to social media by her uncle, Brisbane radio persona Kip Wightman.
The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when the family was busy preparing for one more college week.
Rosie had the duty of cleansing out her pet guinea pigs’ cage.
When one intrepid rodent referred to as MaxiBon — named after the ice cream bar — did a runner into the backyard, Rosie went after him.
“So I went out, tried to grab him but he ran in a different direction,” she stated.
“That’s when the snake, like, struck.
“I didn’t actually see the snake first up.
“He was hiding, waiting for action.”
As the outstanding footage exhibits, Rosie swings round from its tail like a hammer thrower, all whereas the juvenile python clutches MaxiBon in its mouth by a paw.
While her intuition had kicked in, there was technique to the insanity: “If I swing it around, it (the snake’s grip) won’t be as tight,” she stated.
“We just hear this scream. I’ve never heard her scream like this before,” stated mum Grace Wightman.
“Her little voice is still hoarse.
“We come out and find Rosie swinging a python and a pig was attached to it!”
The python lets go of MaxiBon as Rosie’s dad and mom and dogs reply to the commotion, earlier than slithering away.
MaxiBon is OK however for “a few little scratches”, in line with Rosie.
The shaken household spent a while digesting what had occurred earlier than realising it was caught on digital camera.
“It was the wildest thing. For about an hour after, we were like, ‘No one is going to believe us’, said Grace.
“Then we were like, ‘The cameras! … This is going to go crazy’.”
Given her courageous actions, one may see Rosie having a future within the snake catching and removing trade.
But her mum is taking steps to make sure she doesn’t grow to be accustomed to reptiles, and sticks to small mammals as a substitute.
“We’ve had a good snake talk,” Grace stated.
“We’re like, ‘Never again. We’re so grateful you’re fine but next time, step away. We’ll buy you two more pigs’.”
