Bobby Hill - Varnyard Herps: Buyers Beware.

Originally Posted by bfb345

I hope all of you realize bobby is no longer in business or anywhere to be found he abandoned his animals and disappeared most of them survived and have been relocated

I think that has been covered extensively in this thread. I think people coming forward with their experiences and hoping to still be made whole is still important.

Also, knowing additional information certainly helps fill in some murky details.

Particularly interesting fact was the landlord and the reports coming out of Panama City was that the animals were abandoned last winter. It is interesting know that some have stated that he was taking funds at least up until

From: "Bobby Hill, Tegu Breeder" <varnyard@yahoo.com>
Date: May 4, 2013, 12:31:27 PM EDT
To:
Subject: Re: B&W Tegu
Reply-To: "Bobby Hill, Tegu Breeder" <varnyard@yahoo.com>

What type are you wanting?

Thanks, Bobby Hill, Owner,
www.Varnyard-Herps-Inc.com
www.TegusForSale.com

Same month the story broke that he long abandoned them.

I hope people still fill comfortable coming forward with their stories.

Particularly those that have paid more recent. There may be a slim chance of recovery. My understanding was his paypal account is dead and negative. Little hope on that front.

If he is still taking money orders for any animals it should be documented as well.

Check out the name of the Snake Control Officer. The pic isn't very clear but we may have located Mr. Hill

http://www.bradenton.com/2014/02/05/...n-florida.html

Yeah, not sure about that. Could just be a similar name. To me, It dosnt look like the picture of bobby ( or others from years ago ) that I have. Or the person in his Tegu videos.

Haha! That's funny. I came to post the same thing having just seen the same python article! It does indeed make one wonder. Since this has been brought back up, I'm curious, did anyone ever bother making a legal issue of this? I still find it amazing that Bobby was able to rip off so many people on line for so much money and get away with it without any legal repercussions. It makes you wonder why, if law enforcement and/or the legal system won't do it when there's so many people involved, why it doesn't happen more often. It's a scary thought that someone can just steal your money like that and that nothing can be done legally.

I think all of Bobby's victims deserve to know if this is his new occupation. Perhaps if enough of them write or call, they can get some satisfaction. I find it strange that he would be hired as an "agent" after abandoning and causing the deaths of so many of his pet lizards in addition to screwing people out of thousands of dollars and then disappearing.

You can write to them at:

SFWMD Street Address: 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680

or call them at:

561-686-8800
1-800-432-2045 (Florida Only)

or e-mail them at:

http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/por...e/contact%20us

How do you know thats him? Bobby Hill is a super common name.

Originally Posted by DavidBeard

How do you know thats him? Bobby Hill is a super common name.

Seriously.

People are really jumping the gun off of an out of focus image as fat as the person is concerned and the happenstance of a common name.

Someone should probably try substantiating it before bombarding the very organization that would ADORE the chance to show the herp industry acting like fools.

I apologize to everyone on the BOI - I have been told just now that this snake collection agent "Bobby Hill" is not the Varnyard tegu Bobby Hill. I guess I assumed that with a reptile-related job in Florida it must be him. Ooops. You know what they say about "assuming".

Who told you, definitively, that it is not the Bobby Hill we have been discussing? I made it clear in my post that I was not sure but if you put 25 pounds on the Bobby I remember quite well, it's not a bad match.

If someone has actual proof that it is not the same person, please post it

I am not sure if it was meant as a joke but I have not run across another person named Bobby Hill (cartoon characters aside) in my 52 years. Not what I consider a common name at all. Couple that with the fact that he is a snake specialist and the coincidence gets a bit thin.


Again, if someone knows for sure...please post

The fact that the FWC was heading the criminal investigation for him releasing Tegus (or for abandoned Tegus finding a way to get out) and fleeing the city leads me to believe it is highly unlikely this is the same Bobby Hill.

That aside, type in Bobby Hill or Robert Hill in Florida in Google and plenty of them pop up.

There is also an article from 2009 talking about this Bobby Hill saying he has worked for the South Florida Water Management District for 30+ years while spending his entire life in Miami.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/08/1...he-python.html