A man has died days after he was found with a snake wrapped around his neck inside his home in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. An officer who responded to the scene shot and killed the snake, authorities say.
"I’ve been doing this job for 19 years and this is the first time I’ve seen anything like this," Lieutenant Peter Nickischer said.
Authorities say the snake was the man's pet and several other snake enclosures were found inside the home. The incident remains under investigation. Officers shot a fatally shot a snake that wrapped itself around a 28-year-old Pennsylvania man's neck. The man was taken to the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest.
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