The 28-year-old man is in an area hospital getting remedy. (Representative Photo)

A snake-lover within the United States barely dodged loss of life earlier this week when his 15-foot pet snake wrapped itself round his neck. 

According to the Independent, police and paramedics rushed to a house in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, responding to reviews of a person in cardiac arrest. Once they arrived on the scene, they found the 28-year-old man unconscious on the ground of his house with the snake round his neck. The identification of the person hasn’t been revealed. 

Speaking to the outlet, Upper Macungie Township Police lieutenant Peter Nickischer mentioned, “It’s one of those situations where the officers don’t have the time, the liberty to ask a lot of questions.” Mr Nickischer added, “They have to act right away and then it’s a matter of, OK, let’s get this person into the ambulance as soon as possible.”

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Further, the cops described the snake as “very large and very thick”. They mentioned that the reptile was lengthy sufficient that its head was far sufficient away from the person’s physique for officers to soundly take a shot.

The snake did not die instantly and it slithered away. The snake proprietor, alternatively, was pulled to security. The 28-year-old is now in an area hospital getting remedy, the officers knowledgeable. 

As per the outlet, one of many officers on the scene described the scene as “right out of a horror movie”. The police lieutenant additionally mentioned that in his 19 years doing police work, he had by no means seen something like this. 

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Mr Nickischer praised the officer who took motion and reportedly mentioned that the workforce went in, noticed the chance to save lots of a person, and so they confirmed a number of bravery. 

The cops knowledgeable that they found a number of snake enclosures within the sufferer’s house. They are nonetheless unsure what species of snake wrapped across the man’s neck, and so they do not plan any additional investigation, as per the outlet.