They're giving the cop a certificate for bravery!? Omg...it's not like he wrestled an aligator or anything. People are so stupid, if the thing really wanted to kill her it would have been wrapped around her. That's all the herp society needs, more fear mongering.
There was actually a story on our local news about a 15 year old girl who woke up in the middle of the night with her pet boa wrapped around her neck and choking her to death. Her dad had to supposedely stab it fifty times with a butcher knife before he was able to kill it and save the girl from certain death. A vet who examined the snake later (or what was left)said that it was extremely underfeed and dehydrated, and it would have been really easy for the dad or the girl to pull the snake off. The vet also said that's why it started constricting on the girl because it was just that hungry when it escaped.
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