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  • 01-18-2012, 12:24 AM
    RichsBallPythons
    Re: Storage Hunters Show, Goign to Far
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    Originally Posted by MarkieJ View Post
    I saw this too and agree with you that it was totally staged. That poor Boa was so thin! The Albino and Piebald ball pythons however were in good shape.

    Wouldnt doubt the guy that bought them was his snakes to begin with. Just to make a show lil more interesting.
  • 01-18-2012, 12:28 AM
    AndrewGeibel
    Re: Storage Hunters Show, Goign to Far
    I saw it. Looked staged to me.
  • 01-18-2012, 04:08 PM
    wolfy-hound
    I haven't seen any disclaimer saying the show is staged yet, and I watch it fairly often.

    I would totally believe that people keep snakes in storage units. They busted someone close by me keeping dogs in a storage unit. Snakes don't make noise. The thing I wondered was that there was electric inside the storage unit, which I didn't know was available. But then I remembered certain places where folks run businesses out of the storage units pretty much, and they have to have electric too.

    They did not say the snakes had no food or water for 3 months. The guy asked "How long have they been here?" and was told "At least 3 months." Technically, that wasn't even true though, since the unit might not have been sealed up for the whole 3 months, depending on what the legal situation is for that state. The snakes could have been put in just before the unit was sealed up for non-payment.

    I have no doubt some of the stuff is staged. But people have left live animals in storage units, so it's possible they did leave snakes in the unit. The way it was set up is what tells me the unit was probably staged. They also had another "auction" where they had some guy naked in a dog crate to shock the audiance, but admitted it was "the front office guys pulling a prank".

    Some of the snakes were thin. But if you believe it was staged, why the big fuss? The snakes wouldn't have been inside a unit for 3 months if it was staged, so the snakes were not in danger from the show. If you're trying to say a snake owner would NEVER leave the pets in a storage unit abandoned, that's foolish. It's happened before many times that snakes are left to die, in way worse set-ups than that unit had. Snakes have been tossed into dumpsters and set beside the highway in a aquarium and left in unheated apartments/houses/garages. "Left in a storage unit" with heat sources and secure cages is hardly as bad as that.
  • 01-18-2012, 04:18 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Its just the way, they open the locker and has a white tarp covering the unit, and lamps were on. Just too staged for it to look like it was left.

    And not sure most states, but they arent allowed into the lockers at all till first time their open on auction day.

    There is some auction shows not stages but storage hunters is imo. Remember back on the gun incident that went off in the locker. That would of broke her wrist the way she held that gun and it went off.
  • 01-18-2012, 05:52 PM
    Robyn@SYR
    It isn't staged at all. EVERY single abandoned locker has some historical item or treasure in it. Amongst all the junk. Every single one. That is the reality of abandoned lockers.

    : )
  • 01-18-2012, 05:53 PM
    Robyn@SYR
    And that ratty used sofa will definitely bring a good $500 in my store : )

    Ca-ching!!
  • 01-18-2012, 09:58 PM
    wolfy-hound
    Oh I do love the prices that one dude puts on EVERYTHING. Yeah, that beat up hammer is totally worth $40. "Brand new - $2000..." Yeah but it's NOT brand new, and no telling if the thing even works, but they never show that part with him.

    If I ever think I'll have to abandon a unit now, I'm going to pack up a ton of empty boxes of trash marked "FRAGILE" and "ELVIS COLLECTABLES" and "SECRET DOCUMENTS JFK" just so someone buys it at top dollar.
  • 01-18-2012, 11:50 PM
    slapdirty
    Re: Storage Hunters Show, Goign to Far
    I think there is a disclaimer about possible "re-enactments". Just like op-repo, it is BASED on true events.. That usually means its fake. If u think the show is real, I envy your imagination.:teevee:
  • 01-19-2012, 12:42 AM
    python_addict
    I watched this extremely early this morning dont know why I was awake but the first thought that popped into my head was if they were trully in there for 3+ months then why was the pied so plump and....the heat lamps were still on? I have used heat bulbs for years and they dont last that long if left on 24/7.. Either way I wouldnt ever have snakes if I had to put them in a storage unit especially knowing you paid that much for them. You couldnt forget something like live animals that you made huge investments on in a storage bin? If someone can then I suggest they never own another animal. Thats just horrible it makes me think of even more possibilities that could happen to even the snakes I have sold to people.....horrible Im just going to say though I love that pied and I love the contrast on the albino bp
  • 01-19-2012, 01:43 AM
    mkeller13
    Re: Storage Hunters Show, Goign to Far
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