Posted on 12/01/2006 8:18:04 PM PST by Graybeard58
UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- A police officer used a Taser to subdue a python that had wrapped itself around a man's arm and would not let go.
Steve Crilly, 47, was feeding a rat to the eight-foot-long albino Burmese python, which belongs to his daughter, when it when it bit his left hand and wrapped tightly around his left arm Wednesday night, Uniontown patrolman Ray Miller said.
"The snake was on his arm and was eating his hand," Miller told the Herald-Standard of Uniontown for Friday's editions. Crilly "was very calm, considering there was a good bit of blood," he said.
In an effort to free the man without permanently harming the snake, Miller said he shot the animal with his Taser, a gun that sends an electric shock through wired darts. The snake immediately went limp and released its grip.
Crilly was treated by paramedics at the scene for what Miller called "a nasty cut" on his hand. The snake was uninjured and remained at the home, Miller said. Crilly did not immediately return a message left at his home Thursday by The Associated Press.
Miller said the incident was unique, but not especially scary. "Snakes don't bother me," he said.
here comes PETA!!!
Putting the python's head under water would have done the job just as well. This snake's handler had no business owning one if he couldn't get out this situation on his own. Burmese pythons are really not good pets...grow too fast and then they become a threat to all. Already in Florida there are way too many of these released into the environment.
I hope there are no small children in that house. I got rid of my snake when he bit me on the face and he was just a lil ol corn snake. Hurt like hell though.
Boots! The man needs a new pair of boots!
Taser? What, he doesn't own an electric carving knife?
I considered him an expert but playing with venomous snakes can be dangerous.
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