new gen of urban legends

wherein no one actually dies.

My friend's co-worker's friend got a pet boa constrictor and she really liked it and didn't want it to be kept in a cage all the time so she let it sleep at the end of her bed with her. It slept curled up at her feet at first and then as it warmed up to her it started sleeping curled up next to her, presumably for body-heat. She thought it especially heart-warming when he started sleeping stretched out against her, lining up with her body. The two of them were getting along famously, except the boa seemed to be losing his appetite. He actually had stopped eating completely, so she took him to the vet to see what was the matter.
The vet explained that the snake was preparing to eat her.
He was lying beside her to try and measure to see if she could fit in his body, and had stopped eating, fasting to eat her all up.

And that, oh best beloved, is why you should not sleep with snakes.


EDIT: Oh, look, I even found it on a message board