By Associated Press
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — A southwest Missouri police officer is been called a
hero for calmly peeling a 5-foot python off a woman’s arm after the snake sank
its teeth into her arm and began to squeeze tightly.
The Springfield News-Leader reports Mount Vernon Police Cpl. Shaun Cobb went
to the home of Leadeana Oetker on Friday after she told a 911 operator the
python had latched onto her arm.
Oetker says the snake grabbed her when she reached into the 20-year-old
reptile’s cage. Her stepson called 911 when her hand and arm started turning
purple.
Cobb used the dull edge of a butter knife to force the snake’s jaw apart so
he could detach it from her arm.
Oetker says she’ll let her boyfriend feed the snake from now on.
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