[JavaBrewer]

To me there's something really morbid about the entertainment value of watching a snake eat stuff that you buy from the pet store. In middle school I caught a California King snake which I kept for a week or so. Beautiful looking snake. I bought a white mouse in the pet store to feed it. I dropped the mouse in the glass terrarium and we all watched. The mouse was visibily shaking as the snake slowly showed interest. Wham, coil, swallow. We let the snake go a couple days later.

The story seems really off. If there was a 16' snake spotted near/in the house I'm taking the kids (and pets) out of there until folks who handle creatures like that find and remove it.