Serpents Assail Trains

Author: Artefact
Categories: Japan, News
Date: Jul 1, 2008 14:19 JST

Tags: Bizarre, Herptiles, Ibaraki, Niigata, Trains

Commuters suffered repeated disruptions from a sudden spate of snake induced power outages to trains in several areas; a station in Ibaraki suffered two cases over two days where snakes found their way onto the overhead power lines, causing shorts which lasted hours and inconvenienced thousands of passengers. Another station in Niigata suffered a very similar outage with a snake being found on the power lines. The snakes involved in the attacks were all medium size non-venomous types, it is said.

The stations concerned are investigating countermeasures, though apparently in Niigata the poles in question already had snakeproof sheets to prevent errant serpents from mounting them; the snake simply forced its way through the barrier. Via Asahi.

Unfortunately, none of the snakes involved in these tragic incidents survived their ill considered ventures.

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Comment by BuggyBY

20:13 13/07/2008 # ! Neutral (0)

I have had it with these muthafuckin' snakes on this muthafuckin' train!

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Comment by Rayne Masters

04:36 08/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

I have had it with these muthafuckin' snakes on this muthafuckin' train!

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Comment by BuggyBY

20:12 13/07/2008 # ! Neutral (0)

I have had it with these mutherfuckin' snakes on this muthafuckin' train!

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Comment by Panther

03:08 02/07/2008 # ! Neutral (0)

Wait till a big one shows up.

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Comment by Schrobby

11:11 15/02/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

New Line Cinema presents: Snakes on a Train

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