Histoire de Boa Constrictor

Lorsque The Gill Corporation a déménagé à son emplacement actuel à El Monte, il y avait une entreprise industrielle sur les 20 acres à la limite nord de la propriété. Le bâtiment n'occupait qu'environ 10 acres et les 10 autres étaient adjacents à notre propriété et ont été laissés en jachère.

During the mid-80’s it became a fad for people to grow their own vegetables. As a result, the company that owned the property marked out plots on the vacant property and allowed their employees to cultivate them.

One day I was in my office, a person came running in, and excitedly shouted, “There’s a big snake out in the resin area.”  I rushed out of my office and when I arrived at the scene one of our people was pounding on a 6 foot Boa Constrictor with a length of 4×4 wood.  The snake was annoyed, but Boas are not very aggressive (unless you are edible).  We called the Humane Society and they picked it up and took it away.

It must have been an escaped pet living in the cultivated plots and eating whatever was eating the vegetables. It was an exciting event and to this day, the only snake we’ve had on the property………..that I know of.

Quelques mois après cet événement, l'intérêt de cultiver quoi que ce soit là-bas a commencé à s'estomper et s'est endormi au bout de 6 mois.