I hope you haven't eaten.

This is a gross story. If you have a weak stomach or had just eaten, don't continue.

Although a judge dismissed theft and criminal mischief charges yesterday against a Penn State student accused of killing a snake and cooking it on a George Foreman grill, the assistant district attorney said he may re-file the charges.

Baren Berg, 21, was accused of killing the snake, a friend's pet, with a pocketknife while spending the night at the friend's apartment. The snake, a two-foot black and white baby king, was a little thinner than the roundness of a quarter, David Klug, a Penn State wrestler and the snake's owner, said.

Neil Bretz, also a member of the Penn State wrestling team, testified yesterday at Berg's preliminary hearing that the night after he allowed Berg to spend the night at his apartment, he found his roommate's pet snake dead.

He said he was awakened Aug. 24 during the night by Berg, who had allegedly put the snake on Bretz's neck and told him there was blood on his bed. Bertz said he yelled at Berg to leave him alone and went back to sleep.

Bretz testified that the next morning he found crusty scales and a piece of meat on a George Foreman grill in his kitchen. He said he also found blood in his sheets.
He said he went to his roommate's bedroom, where the snake lived, and found the head of the snake in the doorway, a piece of raw snake on the floor and a bloody knife in the empty fish tank where the snake had lived.

Berg's attorney, Sean McGraw, said Berg killed the snake, but only after it bit him.

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There isn't much to add to this story. It is what it is; the makings of a soon-to-be serial-killer with the strength and agility of a collegiate athlete. :-|