Snakes.....sure, keep them in your house. What could go wrong?

[Brandy]

Woman found dead with python around neck in home occupied by 140 snakes
Updated Oct 31, 2019;Posted Oct 31, 2019

MLive File Photo of python. This is not the snake that killed a woman in Indiana.



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By Brandon Champion | bchampio@mlive.com
OXFORD, IN – A woman was found dead with a python wrapped around her neck in a northwest Indiana home that contained 140 snakes.

Indiana State Police responded to a home in the 600 block of North Dan Patch Drive in Oxford at 8:51 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving a call from dispatchers in Benton County.

Upon arrival, police found Laura Hurst, 36 of Battle Ground, Indiana, unresponsive with an eight-foot reticulated python wrapped around her neck.
Medics arrived and attempted life saving measures but were unsuccessful, police said.

Police say there were 140 snakes at the location, approximately 20 of which belonged to Hurst, who frequented the location approximately two times a week.

An autopsy will be performed on Friday to determine official cause of death.

The Indiana State Police were assisted at the scene by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office and Benton County EMS.

 

[Cranky]

"An autopsy will be performed on Friday to determine official cause of death."

Official cause of death? Probably had a heart attach once she knew she was done for. I like snakes but not enough to keep them in the house.....and for sure not 140 of them!

 

[Richard Cranium]

We know that dogs and cats give love, affection and offer companionship, but what kind of love and affection does one get from a snake?

 

[Dibbons]

A bear hug.

 

[68Moparmaniac]

Did you know that they taste like chicken....

 

[69a100]

Which snake is getting charged with murder?

 

[slimt]

We know that dogs and cats give love, affection and offer companionship, but what kind of love and affection does one get from a snake?

It is the old saying theyll hug you and squeeze you to death

 

[zyzzyx]

It must really smell "Lovely" in that house!

 

[Budnicks]

never been a snake person

I don't dislike them "necessarily"
I just don't get the need to have that many
or even one that could kill you...
I your house, loose, let alone 140 of them...

just not as pets

'cause of death'
was a damn constrictor around her neck,
strangulation by her own damn snake, would be my guess
It's not rocket science here

 

[mopar 3 B]

No exotic reptile permit would allow that here. So how does that happen?