ALISSSS GONE AGAIN; NOTORIOUS SNAKE BELIEVED VICTIM OF THEFT.Byline: Amy Collins Daily News Staff Writer Alissss is missing again. But she's not hungry this time. Less than a year after the 7-1/2-foot boa constrictor boa constrictor largest of all snakes; squeezes its victims in a deadly grip. [Zoology: NCE, 317] See : Deadliness escaped from her West Hills home during a heat wave and ate a 2-pound Chihuahua, the snake has disappeared again. This time, police and animal control officials think the infamous snake may have been stolen from her owner's Birmingham, Ala. apartment. Aspiring rock star Angus Johnson moved there from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. last month after giving up waiting for the city to issue the snake permit promised him. On Friday, in hopes of luring the serpent back to his home, Johnson set an amplifier up on his balcony, hooked up his guitar, and started playing - with the volume cranked crank 1 n. 1. A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft. 2. A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: quips and cranks. to 10. ``She just associates those vibrations with me. Hopefully this will help lead her home to me,'' he said. ``Hopefully she'll recognize the vibrations.'' When the snake disappeared July 11, police and animal control officials concluded it was unlikely the 20-pound snake could have escaped via the 20-foot high balcony or a nearby tree. ``Their opinion was definitely that she had been stolen,'' Johnson said. Police advised him only to tell his immediate neighbors about the missing snake, in hopes that the crooks would be dumb enough to try to sell the snake locally. Johnson said a snake of that size would normally be worth about $300, but because of the international notoriety NOTORIETY, evidence. That which is generally known. 2. This notoriety is of fact or of law. In general, the notoriety of a fact is not sufficient to found a judgment or to rely on its truth; 1 Ohio Rep. the snake garnered a year ago, she might fetch more. On the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. , Johnson took the snake to a fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to show in Birmingham. ``A lot of people recognized us from `The People's Court The People's Court my refer to:
In September, Johnson appeared on the syndicated show, where he was deemed the loser in a court case brought by Flossie ``Jackie'' Torgerson, whose miniature Chihuahua, Babette, had been eaten by Alissss. An August heat wave had sped up the boa's metabolism, animal experts surmised, sending it in search of food ahead of its monthly feeding schedule. Johnson said Friday that he's worried about getting his beloved pet back, but doesn't think she's a threat to any more miniature dogs. ``She'd just eaten three huge rats. She's not due to eat for sometime,'' Johnson said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Alissss the snake greets a handler A software routine that performs a particular task. It often refers to a routine that "handles" an exception of some kind, such as an error, but it can refer to mainstream processes as well. The term is typically used in operating systems and other system software. from the L.A. County Animal Care and Control Department in this 1997 file photo. |
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