You got WHAT in that bag ? 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Louis "Snakeboy" Morton, Jr., had a penchant for snakes. Then he decided to break into the National Zoo, and perloin two Gabbon Vipers, large, agressive, bad tempered, and reputedly the third most deadly snake in the world. But then he put them in a plastic trash bag, and got on a nice, warm city bus... Everything went fine, until the snakes warmed up too, and decided they wanted out of the bag. That's when the mayhem ensued, when the snakes got out of the bag:
Condition of Youth Bitten By Snake 'Remarkably Good'
From news services and staff reports
April 8, 1983; Page C7
A 16-year-old youth, who was bitten Monday night by an extremely poisonous snake, was in "remarkably good condition" yesterday, according to Children's Hospital spokesman Harold Kranz Jr.
Kranz said Louis Morton, who was bitten by one of two large African Gaboon vipers that had been taken from their cage at the National Zoo, has been removed from the intensive care unit, and has not required administration of antivenin serum in more than 30 hours. He is alert and talkative, Kranz said. The condition of the vipers--one of which bit Morton when it ripped its fangs through a plastic garbage bag in which the youth was carrying the reptiles--is still in question, zoo officials said. The normally sedentary snakes are under observation in the basement of the zoo's reptile house and will not be handled "for at least a week" to protect them from further stress.
Submitted on 02/25/2003
Submitted by:
Michael W Taylor
Reference:
Washington Post, April 8, 1983
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