The family of a man who escaped the grip of an 18-foot python when a quick-thinking police officer shot the snake in the head say the horrifying ordeal began when the man’s snake suddenly turned on ...

Authorities in Pennsylvania say a man who had his pet snake wrapped around his neck last week before officers shot and killed it has died. The Upper Macungie Township Police Lt. Peter Nickischer ...

Police are investigating a snake-bite incident in which a 2-foot-long ball python entered a Mattoon apartment and wrapped itself around the foot of a sleeping infant there. July 06--MATTOON -- Police ...

A Pennsylvania man died Sunday after his 18-foot pet snake wrapped itself around his neck days earlier, prompting authorities to fatally shoot the reptile, authorities said. Elliot Senseman, 27, of ...