I’ll admit that like many people, I have a fear of snakes. However, my fear isn’t debilitating. I know some people can’t even look at photos of the slippery, slithery creatures. RELATED: A Warning About Snakes From an Arizona Family
That’s one reason I’ve never seen the 2006 movie Snakes on a Plane starring Samuel L. Jackson. According to IMDB: “An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly venomous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss.”
Well, there’s a video circulating on social media with a real life snake on a plane with the caption: “Meanwhile in Malaysia ?✈️’.
Meanwhile in Malaysia ?✈️ pic.twitter.com/ok3M1Yzrk2
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) December 22, 2022
I’ve been to Malaysia multiple times and loved my experience there, especially the food, the people and the sights. I flew multiple flights around the country and never once saw a snake so don’t let this video deter you from going. See photo below.
Fortunately, I’ve never experienced snakes on a plane though one of my childhood friends brought home a pet snake from Florida by wearing it as a belt. This was three or four decades ago so security wasn’t what it is now so that wouldn’t fly (literally or figuratively!) today.
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But I’ve had my fair share of experiences with snakes out in the wild and all over the world: Little garter snakes in my hometown of South Norwalk, Connecticut, in my wife’s childhood town of Mississauga, Canada, where I went to college in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, a small village in Southern Italy (I can’t remember the name), a small resort island on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and multiple times in different parts of Africa. See photos below.
Yikes! Snake on a game drive.
In 2013, I went on a safari to Kenya and Tanzania and while we were boarding our small plane to Nairobi, I spotted a snake slithering by the plane’s stairs. I’m not sure if it was poisonous or not but I’m glad it didn’t hitch a ride.
I have other photos from past travels but I can’t find them. But my point is, snakes on a plane and in your exotic travels sometimes happen but it’s generally nothing to worry about unless you step on them.
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