police use taser on python

[lillyorchid]

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.

[bigballs]

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

[recycling goddess]

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

[bigballs]

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

[Shelby]

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

[recycling goddess]

those super duper looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong ones!

[zombiesatemyspleen]

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.

[Stratusfaction]

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

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

[AzureN1ght]

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

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-.

[Stratusfaction]

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

David