Maybe you’d imagine that life in the sleepy suburb of Westbrook, Maine, is nothing too exciting. That people’s problems there are of the small and ordinary sort. That there’s little to worry about from day to day.
Well, you’d be goddamn wrong. Because the Westbrook police have asked citizens to keep an eye out for a 10-foot-long, beaver-eating python.
Yes, given that the WPD is “not joking” about finding and capturing “Wessie,” the scaly creature has captured the attention of the locals, who have been vigilant and somewhat on edge since learning about her.
https://twitter.com/LinscotPhoto/status/748259194114048000
All of Westbrook is in on Wessie. #WestbrookSnake pic.twitter.com/UuPFJ8L8W3
— David Charns (@davidcharns) June 29, 2016
Keepin’ it low-profile… @WessieThon #WestbrookSnake #wessiethon2016 pic.twitter.com/kbxUA9I32W
— Nate Sapp (@natesapp) June 30, 2016
Found some kids down at the Riverbank Park fishing for fish…But mostly #Wessie the snake. Live report at 5 @WGME pic.twitter.com/AI6cFPzIsm
— Lexie O’Connor (@LexieOConnorWX) June 30, 2016
Catch that snake, Samuel L Jackson isn’t happy about it! #Wessie #SnakesInMaine pic.twitter.com/PyEUmuMPhX
— Michael J Norton (@heavymetalcrip) June 30, 2016
That @ChrisCostaTV is one brave dude. @WessieThon #WestbrookSnake pic.twitter.com/lPMrE78eag
— Johnny Mehler (@JohnnyBangor) June 29, 2016
#Wessie @WCSH6 @WessieThon My daughter LOVES snakes–I wonder if she’d love you, too? pic.twitter.com/HUTkPNDUlS
— Britt Holmstrom-Sali (@sa_brittkhs) July 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/_Freylis_/status/748527834176565248
Stay strong @WessieThon – your Crustacean brethren are with you! #CrustaceanNation pic.twitter.com/nnkE6Rvs85
— Maine Celtics (@MaineCeltics) June 30, 2016
Stay tuned for Mast Landing Brewing Company’s take on a West Coast IPA. Inspired by Westbrook’s own Wessie! #Wessie pic.twitter.com/aqE8F2mV36
— Mast Landing Brewing Co. (@MastLanding) July 1, 2016
.@WessieThon another beaver tonite or chillin’ and laying low out of the media spotlight? #Wessie #serpentproblems pic.twitter.com/05StU71sVa
— William Lawton ⚓ (@wnlawton27) June 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/AlongsideWild/status/748556427157970944
Kimberly Tarbox sent @WMTWTV these Wessie drawings! #WestbrookSnake pic.twitter.com/drsMcWfzeh
— David Charns (@davidcharns) June 29, 2016
Naturally, Wessie already has her own social media presence as well.
People go to bed early in Maine. I’m just getting a second wind. Wait, is Don’s Lunch open?! Best grill cheese in the business!
— Wessie P. Thon (@WessieThon) July 1, 2016
But easily the best thing to come out of this? Lots of small-town Facebook arguments about the best way to handle Wessie. Shockingly enough, some people think it should be shot on sight, but the WPD explained why that might not be the best course of action.
Dunno about the rest of you, but I’m hoping Wessie makes it over the border into Canada. Way fewer guns and plenty of beavers up there.
H/T UPI
