Published 17:04 IST, October 9th 2019

California: Thieves run away with bag only to find lizard and snakes

A man based in California, who sells reptiles, narrated how some thieves stole his bag in San Jose on October 5 only to find four snakes and a lizard inside. 

Reported by: Kunal Gaurav
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A California man narrated how some thieves stole his bag in San Jose on October 5 only to find four snakes and a lizard inside.  bag was owned by Brian Gundy, a man native of Campbell who sells reptiles through his business ‘For Goodness Snakes’. Gundy posted a video on YouTube explaining situation and asked people to inform him in case y get any le. He was giving a reptile presentation at Martin Lur King Library in San Jose when his duffel bag full of snakes got stolen.

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Worried about safety of reptiles

“Today I have some b news for you and I need your help,” said Gundy. “Yesterday I did a reptile presentation at Martin Lur King Library in San Jose and make a long story short, four snakes and one blue tongue skink were stolen from me,” he ded.

Gundy ackwledged that re was ‘quite a bit of money’ involved in it but more importantly he was worried about safety and wellbeing of those reptiles.

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“Obviously se people, took this bag from me that was filled with se animals, probably doesn't kw first thing about taking care of snakes and lizards and so my biggest concern is wellbeing and safety of animals,” said Gundy. He requested people to give him a call if y hear about anyone trying to dump or sell some animals. Guindy also gave phone number and e-mail ID where he can be reached.

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Physical description of stolen reptiles

Gundy, who created ‘For Goodness Snakes’ in 1995, gave a detailed description of stolen reptiles on his YouTube account. According to Gundy, one of snakes was a male blue-eyed lucy with a combination of blue and red while ar one was a  female gold blush mochi that weighs around 600 grams. He said that female pied weighs about 1200 grams and is about 70% white and male caramel albi Burmese python is about three feet long. “ blue-tongued skink is 28 1/2 inches long ( largest blue-tongued skink in US),” he wrote. Reportedly, Gundy has been able to retrieve two of snakes so far.

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13:37 IST, October 9th 2019