It was widescale chaos. Thousands of people in South Dakota were left in the dark when a bird dropped a snake into an electrical substation, according to NorthWestern Energy. “More than 3,300 NorthWestern customers in Aberdeen, S.D. lost power for an hour Wednesday when a bird dropped a 3-foot-long garter snake into a substation,” the company wrote in a Facebook post. “Crews responded and were able to restore service quickly.” The rugged reptile somehow survived the fall, but didn’t escape unscathed....