Officer Saves Pet Store Owner From Python
Posted on: Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 00:00 CDT
EUGENE, Ore. - A pet store owner is calling a police sergeant a hero for saving her from the coils of a 12-foot Burmese python.
Teresa Rossiter had reached into a cage Thursday to show the huge snake to a customer when it bit her right hand and coiled around her left arm.
A friend in the store kept the snake off her neck and body while police were called.
Sgt. Ryan Nelson was ready to kill the snake with his knife, but Rossiter asked him to spare the expensive python, so Nelson put on gloves and pried open the snake's mouth to free Rossiter's hand.
Others helped unwrap the snake, which was returned to its cage.
Source: Sunday Gazette - Mail; Charleston, W.V.
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