Woman found dead with a python wrapped around her neck in a home with 140 snakes

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Source: CNN

A woman was found dead yesterday with an 8-foot python snake wrapped around her neck, according to Indiana State Police.

The snake was a reticulated python, which is native to southeast Asia and is considered to be the longest snake in the world.

The Benton County Dispatch in Oxford, Indiana, received a 911 call last night after Laura Hurst, 36, was found unresponsive.

Medics arrived and attempted life saving measures on her but were unsuccessful.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/us/snake-python-death-trnd/index.html

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Police say there were 140 snakes at the property on 609 North Dan Patch Drive, and that approximately 20 of the snakes belong to Hurst. According to police, Hurst frequented the property "about twice a week." The home is owned by Benton County Sheriff Donald Munson, according to property records. Munson did not return a CNN call for comment Thursday afternoon.

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1. You're supposed to use a feather boa, not a... oh never mind. nt

[tonedevil]

2. This was the subject of a hit song in the late 1960s. /nt

in the late 1960s.

[lagomorph777]

29. Also the subject of a British comedy series in that era.

[Merlot]

3. The home is owned by Benton County Sheriff Donald Munson...

Oh, this could get interesting, wonder what relationship the sherriff had with the woman.

Also wondering if it's legal to have that many snakes.

[doc03]

4. Very interesting, was it the snake?

[orangecrush]

15. ...

[DENVERPOPS]

19. just be thankful

just be thankful that you weren't the animal control people..........140 snakes, and not knowing which ones were poisonous....

[ToxMarz]

5. Was the python one of her 20

or one of his? Interesting to see who gets the blame.

[milestogo]

6. Well I can't imagine they were all let loose.

But nobody is going to speak up, I'm afraid.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

18. You can't really dust for snakes.

[LawnKorn]

7. What do you want to bet that the python was a Republican?

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8. No doubt. They're all snakes.

[JudyM]

9. And some people complain about too many cats...

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12. You never hear about "crazy old snake lady".

I bet there's a good reason for that.

[JudyM]

13. !

Seriously

[lagomorph777]

31. Crazy YOUNG snake lady, sure. But oddly, they never seem to be old...

[IronLionZion]

25. Keep them both in the same house

and solve both problems.

[JudyM]

26. Oh, that's evil! Cats would likely win, just sayin.

[Canoe52]

10. The smell from all those snakes in that house must be intense.

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16. Do they fart a lot?

[soldierant]

17. I don't think the odor of reptiles is methane,

but it's definitely there, and in numbers like that, it would be pretty awful. I suppose people can get used to pretty much anything, though.

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20. that isn't

that isn't the only thing that smells about this..........

In my younger years, I had many of those and an 8 footer usually doesn't have the ability/strength to overpower an adult......

[Coventina]

21. Yeah, I had the same thought, actually.

Something doesn't add up to me....

[DENVERPOPS]

34. We had a teenager

We had a teenager here in Denver that a boa overpowered, but the boa was 14-16'........Someone told me that it is illegal to have a boa over 16' as a pet?????? Having seen a 14'er I can understand why, especially a HUNGRY one that size.......

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23. Surely the sheriff will investigate.

Oops.

[tblue37]

28. +1. nt

[PuppyBismark]

11. Darwin Strikes Again, thank you. N/T

[Downtown Hound]

14. Yeah, giant snakes are not pets

Who would have thought?

[Sapient Donkey]

22. I wouldn't want to live in a house with a 140 of any animal

let alone 140 snakes...

I remember seeing videos of a little girl playing with some giant snakes and it creeped me out.

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24. I lived with at least 140 cockroaches when I lived in New York.

But they weren't really pets- they came with the apartment.

[Sapient Donkey]

33. Yeah, but don't NYC cockroaches sing and dance? That's kinda cool.

[Karma13612]

30. According to the CNN article, no one lives at the house.

It was renovated and customized for just housing the snakes.

Interesting.

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41. Are there interior decorators which specialize in that kind of thing?

[Karma13612]

42. Beats me! n/t

[d_r]

27. I keep imagining

it was someplace like this

[FakeNoose]

32. LOL! The incredibly deadly viper was actually quite harmless

... but that was just a kid's story, not real life.

[Yeehah]

35. What could go wrong???!!!

Placing a predatory, very strong mass of murderous muscle around your neck!!!

THEY KNOW YOU WUVS THEM!!!!

[Codeine]

36. I've had a lot of snakes

and I really can’t imagine a situation where an 8ft retic could kill a grown adult. Something else is going on here.

[DENVERPOPS]

39. This seems all to convenient for the sheriff......

don't you think..........

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40. Especially because he's likely to be the snake expert in the matter.

[maxsolomon]

37. Dan Patch drive?

That's the name of a horse from "Ya Got Trouble", in the Music Man!

Mystery Solved: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-07-25-0307250165-story.html

I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon
Then beer from a bottle!
An' the next thing ya know
Your son is playin' for money
In a pinch-back suit
And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper
Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin'
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!
But a race where they set down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy
Settin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

38. Who among us wouldn't want a snake boarding house in the neighborhood?

We would never be annoyed by barking, for sure.........

[Omaha Steve]

43. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

NOT important news of national interest.