Posted on 09/05/2006 7:04:17 AM PDT by Abathar
LANESVILLE, Ind. -- A 23-year-old man who was caring for a 14-foot snake in southern Indiana was found dead Monday night.
Officials did not know how the man died and would not speculate.
The body of the man, identified as Patrick Von Allmen, was to go to the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office in Louisville for an autopsy Tuesday.
Mark Farmer, an Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman, said Von Allmen was found in a shed in Lanesville and that the 14-foot reticulated python was found loose in the shed.
The snake was captured and returned to the man's family.
Indiana law doesn't restrict ownership of pythons because they are non-venemous. They kill their prey by squeezing.
Thank you, I stand corrected. Do I get points for close? LOL
Yow! I think I made the right call when deciding not to have a pet that is capable of killing me.
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