Posted on 07/29/2017 12:29:36 PM PDT by JoeProBono
SHEFFIELD LAKE — Firefighters came to the rescue of an East Lake Road woman when they cut the head off her pet boa constrictor that had wrapped around her neck and was biting her face.
The Fire Department would not release the name of the woman but said she was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.
In a 911 call about 2 p.m. Thursday, the woman identifies herself as a 45-year-old who has 11 snakes — all ball pythons, except the two boa constrictors she had rescued Wednesday. She told the dispatcher that the other boa constrictor was in a cage.
“I’ve never heard of this before,” the dispatcher can be heard saying to emergency responders. When firefighters arrived, the woman was lying in her driveway with the snake around her neck, authorities said.
“It was wrapped around her neck and biting her nose and wouldn’t let go,” Fire Chief Tim Card said. “They had to cut its head off with a knife to get it to let go of her face.”
Card said a pocket knife was used to kill the snake, which the woman told authorities was 5ﾽ feet long.
Card said firefighters disposed of the snake in a garbage bin near Sheffield Lake City Hall after it was dead.
Police Chief Tony Campo referred all questions about the incident to the Fire Department and said there would be no police report of the incident.
No one was home at the house about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, but a glass cage was empty on the sidewalk and there was a small puddle of blood in the driveway.
Neighbors said they had seen an ambulance but did not know what happened
That one is WAY more than 5 feet long.
I notice you sad HAD a cat...
I thought all you had to do was put its tail in a bucket of hot water
Snakes usually - though not always perfectly - study their prey to get a feel for its size before trying to swallow it. But they don’t see well... and if they are about to shed the lens of their eyes will be cloudy so they can’t see more than shadows. This makes them very defensive. Also, since it is described as a “rescue” it probably is extra agitated by ill treatment or neglect and hunger. Jostled around, it might strike aggressively at the first new thing in its tank, like a snoot. Or ...
It sees this vague thing over the rim of the tank. Mouse? Rat?
Snake flicks its tongue, detects funny minty odor or rat breath, whatever...Chomp...
Also knew a guy that had many large constrictors. Went to his house once and when we walked in he said “Sh*t. “. The 11 foot albino Python wasn’ t in its’ tank. “Help me move the couch, and watch your fingers. “”. He locked his long-haired Dauschund in the bathroom when he went to work. Yeah, an 11 foot Python can get under some doors.
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