In a potentially lethal prank, someone release two live diamondback rattlesnakes into a movie theater showing the movie Snakes on a Plane.
Movie chain AMC Entertainment Inc. said pranksters at one of its Phoenix theaters released two live diamondback rattlesnakes during a showing of the film "Snakes on a Plane" last Friday. No one was injured.
AMC spokeswoman Melanie Bell said, "One was found in the parking lot during the show, and the other in the movie theatre. They were both removed, and no one was harmed."
The snakes were later released in the desert.
Bell had no further details.
The movie stars Samuel L. Jackson, and spins a yarn about a crate-load of escaped snakes that run amok on an airline flight, attacking passengers and crew.
"There were kids at the show, and it was actually very reckless," Russ Johnson, the president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society told Reuters.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. The 'pranksters' are very lucky someone wasn't killed or seriously injured.
Now we all know that this was the snake’s idea. They were watching the movie for tips to use in the uprising.
Probably so. I actually would have thought it funny (if somewhat demented) if they had used harmless snakes.