Oct 17, 2009 8:40 am US/Pacific
Fire Crew Lures 6-Foot-Long Snake Out Of Car
COMPTON, Calif.
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Compton firefighters were able to move a six-foot-long constrictor snake, similar to the one pictured above, out of a car's engine compartment early Saturday. (File)
AP
Compton firefighters wrangled a constrictor snake, at least six feet long, out of a car's engine compartment early Saturday.
Someone reported seeing the snake crawling under the Camaro at 913 W. 137th Street at approximately 1:20 a.m., according to a Downey Fire Department dispatcher.
"When we got to the house, the people there told us they saw this large
snake crawling around the car and then disappearing underneath it," Fire Capt. Danny Gomez said.
He said his men managed to dislodge the snake from its hiding place and "safely secure it."
Gomez said his men called the Compton sheriff's station and the county's Department of Animal Care and Control to come out and get the snake, but they wouldn't bite.
"We didn't know whether it was a boa constrictor or a python but it wasn't poisonous so neither agency would come out," said Gomez, adding that, "Animal Control said they would come to our station in the morning to
pick up the snake."
The residents at the home where the snake was found gave the fire crew a container to secure the snake and they brought it back to their station.
So how did the snake slither into Compton?
Firefighters said they received reports that someone left a box of snakes on the corner about a week ago.
"Eventually, they got out of the box," he said. "We're not sure how many were there or where they went but so far this is the only one that's shown up."
Snakes, being cold-blooded, gravitate toward warm things, such as an engine block.
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