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_ McMINNVILLE, Ore.
(UPI) - Bob Gentry's family
is

For instance, family
members always turn on the
lights. when they go into:a
room. Only the adventurous
spend much time poling
around closets. They" have — «
even stuffed. heating pads —
next to wall heating ducts. _

' Albert -is a -5-foot . boa
constrictor who disappeared ~
one recent summer day
through a fireplace vent into
~ awall of the Gentry’s house.

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Now, no one knows where
Albert = a female snake, by —
"the way - has gone.. ,

The boa constrictor made
her way into the Gentry
household in the loving arms .
of a friend of the Gentrys’
daughter, Linda, while her
_ parents were on vacation.

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Deciding to do some Yes aaviLY. of SCANDINAVIAN
laundry, the two girls put LARGEST by STORES now have four — n
Albert-on the living room. _ FURNITUR : ....and our

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floor. OGE tO NIRAL WAREHOUSE is ‘now —
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Albert was her posterior as ° : A ‘

she wiggled out of the _ We have MILLIONS OF DOLLARS incredible selection

friend’s grasp and into the - worth of quality DANISH MODE dy TO ™ grand prize draws

fireplace vent. . ED FURNITURE ready @ special in store bonuses

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At first, the family thought SELETO YO = -

the boa would just poke - a .

around a little bit inside the ‘ *

vents and stuff inside the ~ You can win °

walls, then come out. h

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W teak open bookcase room divider

That was a long time ago.

~Now, they have taken to

asking experts what to do
about the recalcitrant snake
in the wall. Following a
conversation with one such
expert, the family rejected a
somewhat drastic solution to
the problem - building a fire
in the fireplace to force the
snake to leave.

The Washington Park
*Zoo’s reptile expert said
boas move slowly and Albert
might be baked before
making her escape.

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to get hungry and come out

looking for food, the expert

before she disappeared, she

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for her to move from her

Gentrys might do is lure her

came from.

they've found some clues

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the prize
you wish
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fireplace (made while the
family was out). Maatercharge and Visa welcome

That's about as far as it's
gone, however. The Gentrys
haven't the faintest idea
where their visiting boa
constrictor is - except that
she’s probably hanging
around inside the wall
somewhere, waiting to get
hungry again.

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