Logic circuits on the snake simply failed to respond. There was no sign of mechanical damage or tampering and no clue to the malfunction.
7 seconds sound clip from the Westworld (1973) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:48:13.714 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- The hell! Goddamn machines, anyway! That's not supposed to happen!
- A rattlesnake struck a guest?
- Yeah, he was shooting at it and he missed.
- Even so, the snakes are programmed never to hit on a strike.
- It's inexcusable to injure a guest.
- Doesn't anything work around here?
- Central mechanism psychosis?
- I feel we should shut down the resort for a month.
- A snake injured a guest. We can't allow that to happen.
- I agree.
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