It does seem odd. But perhaps one child tried to rescue the other?mistermack wrote:I find this almost unbelievable, although any other explanation seems equally unlikely.
How can a snake kill so silently, that the one kid didn't wake the other? And isn't it unusual for a snake to kill two victims?
It would normally kill, and then try to swallow it's victim.
But how can a snake strangle those kids in complete silence? To choke off their ability to cry out, it would need to get it's coil around the neck without waking the victim, or so quickly that the first child didn't have a chance to wake the other.
If I was investigating, I would be looking very very very carefully at how this happened. It might be right, but it sounds nearly impossible.
Otherwise, you'd expect to find the snake trying to swallow the first child.