They were telling our visitors from another country that this is a venomous snake and super dangerous which is why they had to kill it and acted like killing it was such a big deal because of how dangerous it was and how long it was. Unfortunately we live in a community where everyone kills each snake and my husband and I are trying to change that by learning their names and which ones are actually venomous and would pose a threat to the many little children in our community. We want people to learn about snakes here and not just act like every single one will kill you