Tom Crutchfield Incident On Swamp Wars Tonight

So...I think some of you guys are imagining things. I think you guys are have been so abused by other shows that you're seeing bad things where therer aren't and making little things way bigger than they are.

There some things I don;t like for instance the snake looking at kids at a park shots. And talking about one species while showing another.

But they're didn't say that boas and pythons are killing and eating people. They just point out what the capacity is if someone is caught off guard or just plain stupid.

Apparently you guys missed the segments about proper caging and responsible ownership.

Sure the show has some faults but it's tolerable to me. I think the Venom 1 Team themselves are making sure that a somewhat fair picture is presented.

I agree with you. I enjoy the show and the guys do actually care about the reptiles. And many of them enjoy and have collections of their own just like we all do. Yes I agree some of the information is false but at the same time a full grown rtb or burm CAN be dangerous to a child or even an adult that doesn't know how to handle the snakes. and if you don't think that then you yourself have some research to do.

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Originally Posted by MarkieJ

I thought there were no known deaths due to Red-tailed Boas. This episode claims a keeper was killed by one. On the Crutchfield incident, they focused heavily on the possible escape of the deadly venomous snakes. Wasn't Crutchfield shot in this incident? No mention of that. When they showed Tom's collection earlier in the show, I wouldn't be surprised if this was filmed after the incident and edited in, to keep with the storyline. Also wouldn't be surprised if the Hogg Island and Hypo Boa segments were staged...

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There is ONE documented case that I am aware of that happened last year out in the mid-west. I don't have time to go dig up the link, but it was discussed here when it happened. It wrapped around his neck and everyone was too scared to help him.

I agree there are a lot of good shows out there, Python Hunters being one of my favorite. But there are also bad ones out there like "Man Eating Super Snake" that is nothing more then fear mongering propaganda designed to draw support to the Constructor ban in congress now.

Python Hunters is on NatGeo. Most everything on Animal Planet is directly off PETA's shelves.