Officer Bitten by Boa in Woman’s Car

DELAND, Fla. – A animal control officer was recovering on Tuesday after being bitten by a boa constrictor he was removing from a woman’s car on Friday.

Gary Thomas was bitten twice by the 5-foot boa, on the back of the hand and on the finger. The snake bit Thomas after another officer dropped it.

Police and animal control believe the snake had either been released or escaped from its owner. It coiled itself around coil springs in the wheel well of the woman’s car when it had to be removed.

Anybody who says they got bit by a snake and it didn’t hurt is a liar,” Thomas said.

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Information from: Daytona Beach News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com