this made me physically ill (yahoo news article)

Victim hit in face with snake, Rock Hill man charged
By Kimberly :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: - The Herald

A man “deathly afraid” of reptiles was attacked by a snake-wielding man using the six-foot long python as a weapon, police say.

Tony Smith, 29, of 1920 Corwin Drive, Rock Hill was charged with assault and battery after an altercation at the Executive Inn on North Anderson Road Tuesday night, according to a Rock Hill police report.

Smith is accused of hitting Jeffery Culp, 47, in the head with the snake on the balcony of the motel, police said.
Tony Smith

“I almost had a heart attack,” Culp said. “I dropped to my knees and actually crawled back into my room.”

Culp, who has been staying at the inn until his housing comes open, said he had contact with Smith and the snake earlier in his stay.

“He was out there running up and down the sidewalk with it,” Culp said. “I told him I don’t do snakes. I’m deathly afraid of them.”

But that didn’t stop Smith from tapping Culp on the shoulder and putting the python in his face, he said.

Culp said he asked the man with the snake to turn down music around 9 p.m. Smith was with others racing down the hallway in chairs, Culp said, and he had to work the next day.

A couple hours later, Culp went out for a smoke with his wife and a neighbor when he says Smith tapped him on the shoulder.

“And he said, ‘here look at this,’” Culp said. “He had the snake’s head squeezed so its mouth was open. He ran it across my face and it tried to crawl in my mouth.”

The snake grabbed him on the upper lip, and Culp has a few scratches from the encounter. Culp said he didn’t need medical treatment.

That night, Culp said he took a three-hour shower and couldn’t sleep.

Culp said animals shouldn’t be used to hurt or scare others.

“I have a dog. Some people are afraid of dogs,” he said. “I keep my dog away from them. I don’t use the dog as a weapon.”

Culp said he didn’t know Smith’s name until he saw the police report.

Based on Culp’s description, officers found Smith on the second-floor balcony of the inn with the python in his arms, the report said. He was arrested, and the snake was released to a family member.

Smith was released Wednesday afternoon on a $1,092 bond.

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why anyone would do this to a snake, ( & the poor guy), is beyond me!
i just hope that the snake wasnt injured.

shoot i didnt see all the censored things at the top of the article...i hope thats a last name censored out for privacy & not some bad words...

I read This to but on that new site they say 4 foot python so.. almost for sure ball... Guy like that Should have special room is Asylum... Sick Fracking Bastard :mad:

lol mommanessy if u look at the reporters name it technically isnt a bad word since its her last name but with how things get censored lol ill just say her last name starts with a d and ends in a k. and in all honesty i feel bad for the snake and the victim but i think he blew it out of proportion. i have friends who are deathly afraid of snakes and any time i hold my snakes they always seem to try and tell me that its going to eat my arm or face. so i think he may have been overwhelmed and exaggerating a little bit

That is just an awful thing to do to someone and that poor snake! Just what we need in our hobby, more bad publicity!

I'm sorry, but I laughed a little when the poor guy said the snake tried to crawl into his mouth.

That aside, the snake's owner should be barred from having snakes. It's one thing to take your snake for a ride in the car - I'm sure we all do that - but it's another thing when you take it for a walk and you're shoving it into terrified peoples faces when they told you once or twice to keep it away. Especially when you've got it's mouth open and it's probably terrified to the point of biting anything.

Poor snake.

yea i seen this posted on rtb forums cracks me up lol but yet at the same time makes me think wtf

the guy who did this shouldnt even get the luxury of an asylum...he should've gotten prison & they should've shoved things in his face, see how he likes it.
sorry...this really ticked me off!

lol I feel bad but honestly this story is so stupid it made me laugh. I am not laughing over the fact that the guy got attacked with a snake or the fact that the snake was used as a weapon, but honestly its funny when you think about how stupid some people are. Who uses an animal as a weapon? Who does that? This guy must have some serious issues.