police use taser on python

Uniontown, PA - A police officer used a Taser to subdue a python that had wrapped itself around a man's arm and would not let go. Steve Crilly, 47, was feeding a rat to the eight-foot-long albino Burmese python, which belongs to his daughter, when it when it bit his left hand and wrapped tightly around his left arm Wednesday night, Uniontown patrolman Ray Miller said.

"The snake was on his arm and was eating his hand," Miller told the Herald-Standard of Uniontown for Friday's editions. Crilly "was very calm, considering there was a good bit of blood," he said.

In an effort to free the man without permanently harming the snake, Miller said he shot the animal with his Taser, a gun that sends an electric shock through wired darts. The snake immediately went limp and released its grip.

Crilly was treated by paramedics at the scene for what Miller called "a nasty cut" on his hand. The snake was uninjured and remained at the home, Miller said. Crilly did not immediately return a message left at his home Thursday by The Associated Press.

Miller said the incident was unique, but not especially scary. "Snakes don't bother me," he said.

would you guys call the police to come taser your snake like that...:(

perhaps we should all chip in for some tongs and send them to him for christmas?

haha
but what if he's jewish...?

Fantastic idea, there Aleesha... some biiig tongs. :D

those super duper looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong ones!

I think i'd let my snake swallow my hand rather then risk hurting him with a taser. I mean those things are designed to take down people, who knows how they affect the body of a cold blooded animal.

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but what if he's jewish...?

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That just means we have a week longer to send them than one day! LOL J/K!!!

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would you guys call the police to come taser your snake like that...:(

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He didn't call the police--he WAS the police. The owner of the snake tasered him...which is kinda the sad part.

I've heard two different methods of getting a snake to let go from a bite since I've been on here: Spray with H2O or spray with alcohol. Think I woulda tried that -first-.

I've heard that pouring (can't remember this part) luke-warm or cold water over them will cause them to release.

David

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He didn't call the police--he WAS the police. The owner of the snake tasered him...which is kinda the sad part.

I've heard two different methods of getting a snake to let go from a bite since I've been on here: Spray with H2O or spray with alcohol. Think I woulda tried that -first-.

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Then why does the cop in the story have a different name than the guy that got bit?? and why would there have been paramedics at the scene if the police or paramedics one hadnt been called?

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He didn't call the police--he WAS the police. The owner of the snake tasered him...which is kinda the sad part.

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wrong

read it again

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read it again

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I apologise---I guess it was the double l's in both names that made me think that "Crilly" and "Miller" blended together in my first reading of the story. My bad.

I think they should misted some warm water on the snakes face.... everytime ive had a feeding/bite confusion, warm water was the key.

Im sure the taser worked, and with the size of the snake it "probably"? (no clue, guessing here) wasn't a mortal danger to the snake, but still...


And people will bemoan this as a snake turning on its owner, when it was the owner being careless when feeding.

That guy needs a :fishslap:.

Rubbing Alcohol Will also make a snake release immediately. Much safer than tasering it. Poor thing.

well to be honest, in a situation like that... if i was given a choice to have it shot or tasered... i'd go for a taser.

most likely they didn't have any knowledge of how to get the snake to release or they would have done it that way.

Bull"crap" won't use the other word but you some of you are full of it. If you're getting constricted by a huge snake you're gonna do what you need to to get free...if you can do it w/o hurting the snake thats good. But if you can't. lol....lets just say my snake would be dead. Ninja edit: even though the snake was only 8 feet long. :cool:

Any type of alcohol is suppose to work even the good ole drinking kind.
Anyone who has a snake over 6-7 feet when feeding or handling should have another person present and or some alcohol or such handy in the event of this type of situation.
I know your suppose to pour it right in there face,eyes, mouth.

Hey the taser sure as heck beats what usually would happen in that situation.