The Metropolis

London Zoo imitates exact plot of Harry Potter - risks all our lives

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 20 October, 2011 13:49

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First, Ohio gets overrun by escaped lions. Now London Zoo decides it’s a good idea to get a big snake. Not just any snake, a maneating Burmese python. And there’s more.

The snake arrives at the Reptile House almost exactly ten years after the famous scene from the first Harry Potter movie was filmed at the same location where Harry Potter accidentally releases a Burmese python from its enclosure.

So let’s get this straight: You’re unveiling a real maneating snake in the exact place where the exact same species of fictional maneating snake escaped almost exactly 10 years ago to the day, and doing so on the exact day 50 wild animals escaped to wreak havoc in America…I’m not one for superstitions, but take my advice people – stay away from Regent’s Park. Forever.

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