15-Foot Python Puts Squeeze On Teenage Boy
POSTED: 9:46 pm CDT July 21,
2004
UPDATED: 6:45 pm CDT July 22,
2004
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- A pet python measuring 15 feet put the squeeze on a teenage boy Wednesday night, KMBC reported.
The snake attack happened at a home near 103rd and Ash in Overland Park.KMBC's Martin Augustine reported the teen was showing off the 140-pound family pet when it coiled around his arm and began to squeeze, turning the boy's arm blue. The teen's brother, Andy Coombs, ran to get help.
"It bit onto his hand and just wrapped around and, like, came out of the cage onto him," Andy said. "My mom came downstairs and she was trying to help get it off, and then it got her hand ... we just called 911."Emergency crews used a quick burst from a fire extinguisher to get the snake to loosen its grip just enough to free the boy. He was not seriously hurt.The snake was not harmed. It was fed and put back in its cage in its owner's home Wednesday night.
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