The Great South Florida Python Scare
December, 2009
WHEN A PYTHON KILLS A LITTLE GIRL,HYSTERICAL OFFICIALS HIRE HUNTERS TO MASSACRE 100,000 OF THE REPTILES LIVING IN THE EVERGLADES.THE PYTHONS OH THE MEN WHO SEEK TO KIM* THEM?OUR REPORTER HEADS INTO THE SWAMP WITH HIS BOOTS ONn a hot humid night in August, Tom Crutchfield and I went deep into the Everglades swamp south of Florida City to hunt Burmese pythons. The swamp stretched for miles around us, flat and dark and omi-nously silent. Every tew seconds it was illuminated grayish blue by a flash...
