Pa. woman uses shovel to kill cobra slithering on her patio

Trib Total Media ^ | June 25, 2019

[george76]

FALLS, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman used a shovel to kill a cobra she saw slithering on the patio of her apartment.

Kathy Kehoe says the squawking of some blue jays outside her unit caught her attention Monday. When she looked outside, she saw a 4 to 5-foot-long serpent.

Kehoe, 73, says she noticed the lateral spot commonly found on cobras and nudged its tail. When it rose and spread its hood, she realized it was a cobra.

Her apartment complex in Falls, Wyoming County, just northwest of Scranton, is the same one where officials removed 20 venomous snakes from another apartment in March. Officials aren’t sure if the cobra had escaped from that unit.

[Lou L]

Undoubtedly released by someone that thought it would be “cool” to have a pet cobra. Good for this old woman!

[Innovative]

Good that she was able to kill it, before it hurt her.

Smart, brave lady.

[Tax-chick]

Officials aren’t sure if the cobra had escaped from that unit.

Of course not. There are so many other, perfectly reasonable, explanations for a cobra on a Pennsylvania patio.

[JimRed]

PETA will be demanding that she be charged with killing an endangered species, no doubt.

[Boomer]

This is how pythons invaded Florida. Now they are everywhere. This lady might have stopped a new invasion.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Makes me want to check if mine are locked up tight.

[RatRipper]

Deadly poison, but a cobra does not appear to me to be half as quick as a rattler or a cottonmouth.

[Tax-chick]

Snakes can escape with surprising ease and speed.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

At least they don’t fly, that would really be something.

[Fresh Wind]

I keep my cobra locked in the barn.

[Tax-chick]

LOL! There’s always a bright side.

[BlueLancer]

At least they don’t fly, that would really be something.

Okay, you've just described the next sci-fi flick on the SyFy channel:

COBRA-NADO!

[bgill]

Smart woman. I used a cast iron skillet on a snake in our living room. Thought about shooting it but didn’t think that’d be a good idea in the house.

There’s a local forum where people post police calls and there’s always someone calling about snakes in their yards. I get in trouble for telling folks to buck up and kill them without bothering the cops.

[Zathras]

So that is where I parked it...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Hey Little Cobra

[bgill]

Maybe it came over with an illegal who ICE transported on the woman’s dime from the border and dumped onto PA along with various life threatening diseases.

[PA Engineer]

Of course not. There are so many other, perfectly reasonable, explanations for a cobra on a Pennsylvania patio.

Really. Not exactly indigenous to PA.

[M Kehoe]

My cousin.

Tough old broad.

I’m surprised she didn’t catch it to sell.

Think I’ll give her a call.

5.56mm

[bramps]

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