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If you track down one source in a book where they found an uncorroborated report in the 1800s where someone was supposedly eaten, I don't think that should be included. As I don't have access to the book in question, or know what exactly it says I have no way of knowing whether or not it's reliable, and given all other articles I've read about it previously, I'm much more inclined to believe it to be unreliable and / or verifiable.[[User:69.92.141.242|69.92.141.242]] 03:48, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
*My recollection is that this was a paraphrase from the book. It said something like "One of a few snakes documented to eat people". I checked this book out from my library, so don't have it handy. If you would like verification I can check it out again, scan the page in and post an image of it. It would be a while before I got this done. The book seemed by a reputable author ([http://www.allbookstores.com/browse/Author/Mattison%2C%20Chris here] is a list of the books he's published). There are also some [http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/reticulated_python.htm online sources] that say the same thing. In a quick google search I even got some rather gruesome [http://home.att.net/~crinaustin/Snake2.htm images]. For something like this, I can't prove a negative. I think the preponderance of evidence would suggest it's true, but rare. [[User:Wikibofh|Wikibofh]] 04:02, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
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