Durban — Snake handler Jason Arnold said he felt a bit like Keanu Reeves in the film “Speed” when saving a snake in a lift shaft just recently.
Arnold captioned the video of the rescue – I felt a bit like Keanu Reeves in the film “Speed” doing this rescue…
Arnold said that he was called out to the uMhlanga Rocks location for a spotted bush snake at a business facilities.
He said it was not something he would usually movie since bush snakes prevailed and it is not something he considered as enjoyable enough or amazing sufficient to movie and let individuals enjoy.
“But what’s making this call-out pretty interesting is not the snake but the situation that the snake is in and the place that I have to go to get to the snake which is pretty cool,” Arnold said.
“If you guys watch my videos, you’ll know that snakes turn up in the most weird of areas. I mean they can end up literally anywhere if you can imagine a snake pitching up somewhere the snake can literally get there.
“And what we have on this particular occasion is a spotted bush snake inside a lift shaft,” Arnold said.
He said that lift professionals had actually come through to repair something or do a service on the lift or whatever it is that they were doing when they stumbled upon a bush snake inside the lift shaft.
“So I have caught snakes in the strangest, strangest of places but I have never ever had to go into a lift shaft to get a snake so this is going to be a first for me,” Arnold said.
“Not sure at which level the snake is in the shaft. So I don’t know how I’m going to gain access. Obviously, the technicians are there and they’re going to be able to get me there. Whether I’m going to have to be climbing ladders or taking a ride on top of the lift I don’t know but it should be fun.”
When Arnold got to the facilities, a man, thought to be among the professionals said that the majority of the time they have actually discovered snakes in the lift shaft however those were already dead.
Arnold was pointed to where the snake was and was offered with a stepladder so he can make his method down the lift shaft.
Once down the shaft, Arnold said that his hand was too fat to suit where the snake was – a hole in the wall with a thick pipeline in it.
Sticking his fingers in the wall, as far as it might go, Arnold said he was hoping the snake would bite his finger and lock on to it and after that he can pull the snake out with his finger.
One of the professionals headed out in search for a wire Arnold might utilize to attempt and get the snake out.
Arnold said it was a safe bush snake.
“I’ve caught a snake in the lift, in the actual lift but never in the shaft,” Arnold said when asked by among the professionals if he had actually ever remained in a lift shaft prior to.
After a couple of minutes, Arnold was equipped with a piece of wire.
“I’m just going to irritate him with this hand, with the wire, and when he comes out of here which he should come in quite a hurry. I’ll catch him with the same hand,” Arnold said.
“I can feel him.”
He continued to attempt and aggravate the snake till ultimately, it came out.
“Hey dude,” Arnold said to the snake.
He said the snake most likely will not bite him however if it does, it is a safe snake, for that reason he was not fretted about that.
Arnold said he questioned the length of time the snake remained in the shaft since it would not discover water.
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