June 11, 2025 • 5 mins
“If you turned the corner and saw a 15-foot python crossing the street… would you slam the brakes—or run it over?” That’s the wild hypothetical that kicks off one of the most jaw-dropping and laugh-out-loud episodes of The Ben and Skin Show yet.Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive headfirst into the now-infamous Garland Python Incident, where a massive 85-pound, 15-foot snake slithered through a quiet neighborhood, sending residents—and local news anchors—into a frenzy. KT delivers a full breakdown of the story, complete with dramatic news audio, hilarious mispronunciations, and a formal on-air apology for prematurely roasting NBC 5.From there, the crew unpacks the absurdity of the situation: a snake so big it had to be pulled from a truck engine, a snake permit that somehow makes this all legal, and a vet’s chilling warning to a former Dallas Cowboy—“Your snake is measuring you to see when it can eat you.”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome the wild life.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
The wild life Eschonelle earned a Bible lesson in journalism
and that's uh. It's not like racing where if you
ain't first, your last. If your first, you sometimes you
don't have all the details. So on the air, i'd
like to I'd like to do this formal apology.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I chastised NBC five and CBS eleven, of our four
main networks for not having the Garland python story up
on their website. Meanwhile, Channel eight and Fox four all
over it. And then we played the Channel eight audio
and we'll get to that in a second. But then
I saw Meredith Land do a good story on NBC
five and we have some more details on the Garland
(00:48):
python from yesterday.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Well, things got a little wild in a Garland neighborhood.
A crowd gathered, but not because of some late night party.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Anyway, what is she inferring there? Imply they have late
night parties in Garland all the time.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Ye, Christina, no comment.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
We'll start again.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Well, things got a little wild in a Garland neighborhood.
A crowd gathered, but not because of some late night party.
NBC five's Alicia Barrera tells us about the massive snake
that had the entire street buzzing.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I do want to warn you guys, Alicia Barrera will
do that with all of the Hispanic names you're going
to hear in this story back, for instance, Nick Garza
will not sound like Nick Garza.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
The main questions have been where did this massive snake
come from? And does it have an owner? And the
answer is the snake didn't slither too far from home,
hiding in the grass, inching closer to a stranger's driveway.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
A snake you see at a fifteen foot.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Python was discovered late Saturday night in the South Garland neighborhood.
Nick Goddessa says the yellow python eventually made its way
towards the white truck in his neighbor's driveway.
Speaker 6 (01:53):
Got the call at eleven pm and they just told
me that it was going to be a snake.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
Animal control officer Alexandro Amigo, however, didn't know it was
an eighty five pound python.
Speaker 6 (02:04):
Normally we use these to grab the head of the
snake so you can control it. Obviously, its head was
too big to be controlled by this, and it was
too strong. It turned around when I pulled its tail
and tried to lunch at me. From there, it slithered
underneath his truck and then went up into his engine.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Baker had Amio eventually got the job done and transported
the fifteen foot snake back to the shelter, where it
was picked up by a foster just hours later. But
the snake will soon go home to its original owner,
who told officers he's in the middle of a move.
Speaker 6 (02:35):
I guess he just didn't secure it too well and
ended up getting out. But good case scenario is that
we got it.
Speaker 7 (02:40):
It's just like how we don't get you in trouble
for your dog running out at large.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
It's the same thing.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
It's a pet.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
It wasn't too far.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It didn't get very far at all.
Speaker 6 (02:47):
If anything, it just had to cross one major road
and it was there.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
According to Garland Animal Services, the owner does have a
snake permit, is not in any trouble and we'll only
have to pay a small impound fee in Garland.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
At least, that was so much better than yesterday's story.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I am Whitey mcgringo, white guy.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
If I had the ability to pronounce these names properly,
I would, but I can't roll my rs.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
I can't.
Speaker 7 (03:19):
I'm jealous of you for a lot of reasons, but
especially that I wish I could. Our buddy, Jake Veielma
was giving me hell the last time I saw him
because he said I was saying cynthia Issa Gada's name wrong. Oh,
And I would try to say it and he kept going, no, dude,
and he would say it in the west, like I'm
not capable of saying it, Like you say, what's your spot?
Do you know how to saying I mean, that's kind
(03:39):
of how I thought I was saying. He's like no,
and then he said it in this way. He's like,
oh my god, that's magical.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
I can't. I'm not capable of that skill.
Speaker 6 (03:46):
That you have.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
All Right, I want to say this. Yesterday's news story
had the weirdest music in it. Yeah, he reposted it
on the Eagle Instagram account.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
You should go listen to that.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
But dude, a fifteen foot snake, Yeah, that can eat
a human that's lite, eat a large that could eat me.
Think about that, it could eat a large adult male.
I'd pay to watch that. We had that Dallas cowboy
who took his Thingavid Irving. David Irving took his he
was six seven eighty five. He took his snake to
the doctor or to the vet and he was like, hey, man,
(04:15):
it's the snake's night eating. It's you know, it's always
laying on me at night trying to get warm. I
think it's cold, and it goes. The vet was like, actually,
your snake is starving itself and it's measuring itself, waiting
till it's big enough to eat you.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah, and this one's twice the size of David Irving. Yeah, dude.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
And they were got through like very nonchalant about it.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, what could easily eat a just wondering toddler if
any toddler's up robing the neighborhood on a big wheel?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Oh and that happens in Garland all the time.
Speaker 7 (04:42):
Now, you you may not be able to answer this
question because in the moment you made you don't know
what you're gonna do. But if you turn the corner
and there is a fifteen foot snake crossing the street,
would you slam on your brakes or would you run it?
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Ou?
Speaker 7 (05:00):
Hey, this may win you some Rangers Royals tickets. I'm
just saying, do you know.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
What you would do? It's someone's dear pet.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
They may love it like a dog, even though it
has no emotion and is a serpent.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I mean, dude, if it's a green light and you're
kind of going, hey.
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Walked on my neighbor. No, you're driving down your street.
You're forty houses away from your actual house. You just
turned the corny driving down the street, and as soon
as you turn, suddenly fifteen feet in front of you
is a fully stretched out the length of an NBA lane.
It's fifteen foot snake crossing the street and it's sloges.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
It's python. Do you stop or do you just run
that hole?
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Over?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Speed limits? Forty miles per hour? Thirty that's a thirty
miles per hour. I'll probably stop at thirty. I thought
it was a speed bump. I didn't see it.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Oh pounded, yep, all right, friends, impounded.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Coming up next, let's break out the Wayback Machine, the
Fight McMahon's are back. That's coming up next in just
over three minutes. Don't miss it right here on the
Mighty Eagle
Welcome the wild life.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
The wild life Eschonelle earned a Bible lesson in journalism
and that's uh. It's not like racing where if you
ain't first, your last. If your first, you sometimes you
don't have all the details. So on the air, i'd
like to I'd like to do this formal apology.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I chastised NBC five and CBS eleven, of our four
main networks for not having the Garland python story up
on their website. Meanwhile, Channel eight and Fox four all
over it. And then we played the Channel eight audio
and we'll get to that in a second. But then
I saw Meredith Land do a good story on NBC
five and we have some more details on the Garland
(00:48):
python from yesterday.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Well, things got a little wild in a Garland neighborhood.
A crowd gathered, but not because of some late night party.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Anyway, what is she inferring there? Imply they have late
night parties in Garland all the time.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Ye, Christina, no comment.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
We'll start again.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Well, things got a little wild in a Garland neighborhood.
A crowd gathered, but not because of some late night party.
NBC five's Alicia Barrera tells us about the massive snake
that had the entire street buzzing.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I do want to warn you guys, Alicia Barrera will
do that with all of the Hispanic names you're going
to hear in this story back, for instance, Nick Garza
will not sound like Nick Garza.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
The main questions have been where did this massive snake
come from? And does it have an owner? And the
answer is the snake didn't slither too far from home,
hiding in the grass, inching closer to a stranger's driveway.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
A snake you see at a fifteen foot.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Python was discovered late Saturday night in the South Garland neighborhood.
Nick Goddessa says the yellow python eventually made its way
towards the white truck in his neighbor's driveway.
Speaker 6 (01:53):
Got the call at eleven pm and they just told
me that it was going to be a snake.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
Animal control officer Alexandro Amigo, however, didn't know it was
an eighty five pound python.
Speaker 6 (02:04):
Normally we use these to grab the head of the
snake so you can control it. Obviously, its head was
too big to be controlled by this, and it was
too strong. It turned around when I pulled its tail
and tried to lunch at me. From there, it slithered
underneath his truck and then went up into his engine.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Baker had Amio eventually got the job done and transported
the fifteen foot snake back to the shelter, where it
was picked up by a foster just hours later. But
the snake will soon go home to its original owner,
who told officers he's in the middle of a move.
Speaker 6 (02:35):
I guess he just didn't secure it too well and
ended up getting out. But good case scenario is that
we got it.
Speaker 7 (02:40):
It's just like how we don't get you in trouble
for your dog running out at large.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
It's the same thing.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
It's a pet.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
It wasn't too far.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It didn't get very far at all.
Speaker 6 (02:47):
If anything, it just had to cross one major road
and it was there.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
According to Garland Animal Services, the owner does have a
snake permit, is not in any trouble and we'll only
have to pay a small impound fee in Garland.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
At least, that was so much better than yesterday's story.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I am Whitey mcgringo, white guy.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
If I had the ability to pronounce these names properly,
I would, but I can't roll my rs.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
I can't.
Speaker 7 (03:19):
I'm jealous of you for a lot of reasons, but
especially that I wish I could. Our buddy, Jake Veielma
was giving me hell the last time I saw him
because he said I was saying cynthia Issa Gada's name wrong. Oh,
And I would try to say it and he kept going, no, dude,
and he would say it in the west, like I'm
not capable of saying it, Like you say, what's your spot?
Do you know how to saying I mean, that's kind
(03:39):
of how I thought I was saying. He's like no,
and then he said it in this way. He's like,
oh my god, that's magical.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
I can't. I'm not capable of that skill.
Speaker 6 (03:46):
That you have.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
All Right, I want to say this. Yesterday's news story
had the weirdest music in it. Yeah, he reposted it
on the Eagle Instagram account.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
You should go listen to that.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
But dude, a fifteen foot snake, Yeah, that can eat
a human that's lite, eat a large that could eat me.
Think about that, it could eat a large adult male.
I'd pay to watch that. We had that Dallas cowboy
who took his Thingavid Irving. David Irving took his he
was six seven eighty five. He took his snake to
the doctor or to the vet and he was like, hey, man,
(04:15):
it's the snake's night eating. It's you know, it's always
laying on me at night trying to get warm. I
think it's cold, and it goes. The vet was like, actually,
your snake is starving itself and it's measuring itself, waiting
till it's big enough to eat you.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah, and this one's twice the size of David Irving. Yeah, dude.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
And they were got through like very nonchalant about it.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, what could easily eat a just wondering toddler if
any toddler's up robing the neighborhood on a big wheel?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Oh and that happens in Garland all the time.
Speaker 7 (04:42):
Now, you you may not be able to answer this
question because in the moment you made you don't know
what you're gonna do. But if you turn the corner
and there is a fifteen foot snake crossing the street,
would you slam on your brakes or would you run it?
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Ou?
Speaker 7 (05:00):
Hey, this may win you some Rangers Royals tickets. I'm
just saying, do you know.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
What you would do? It's someone's dear pet.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
They may love it like a dog, even though it
has no emotion and is a serpent.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I mean, dude, if it's a green light and you're
kind of going, hey.
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Walked on my neighbor. No, you're driving down your street.
You're forty houses away from your actual house. You just
turned the corny driving down the street, and as soon
as you turn, suddenly fifteen feet in front of you
is a fully stretched out the length of an NBA lane.
It's fifteen foot snake crossing the street and it's sloges.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
It's python. Do you stop or do you just run
that hole?
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Over?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Speed limits? Forty miles per hour? Thirty that's a thirty
miles per hour. I'll probably stop at thirty. I thought
it was a speed bump. I didn't see it.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Oh pounded, yep, all right, friends, impounded.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Coming up next, let's break out the Wayback Machine, the
Fight McMahon's are back. That's coming up next in just
over three minutes. Don't miss it right here on the
Mighty Eagle
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