Police and residents rescue 6-foot snake from car engine
July 5, 2019
EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Police and bystanders teamed up to rescue a 6-foot-long (1.8-meter-long) snake that had wrapped itself around the engine block of a car in Connecticut.
East Windsor police say the reptile had to be removed from a resident's vehicle on Thursday.
Police wrote in Facebook post that it "was not exactly the call" they were expecting on the July Fourth holiday. Later, they said: "This may surprise you but we, the police, are not normally in the business of wrangling snakes."
The reptile was put in a crate and will be turned over to a nature center.
Police said the snake mi...
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