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Police in the United States shot a 4.5-meter-long pet snake as it wrapped around the neck of an unconscious owner. Photo/REUTERS/Illustration
The incident took place last Wednesday at a house in Pennsylvania.
Collect The IndependentMonday (25/7/2022), police and paramedics rushed to a home in Pennsylvania after responding to reports of a man having a heart attack.
Once they arrived at the scene, they found the 28-year-old man unconscious on the floor of his house with a 15-foot snake wrapped around his neck.
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The identity of the man was not revealed by police.
“This is one of those situations where officers don’t have the time, the freedom to ask a lot of questions,” said Upper Macungie Township police officer Lt. Peter Nickischer.
“They have to act immediately and this is a problem, okay, let’s get this person to the ambulance as soon as possible.”
Furthermore, police described the snake as “a very large and very thick reptile”.
According to police, the reptile was long enough that its head was far enough from the man’s body that officers could shoot him safely.
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