Would You Believe

Would You Believe is a reader (and Times Herald Staff) favorite, so here is an extended selection of Associated Press stories that will sometimes make you stare, think, question or freak out.


Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Mom in NY finds snake in crib, coiled around baby’s leg

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who awoke to her baby’s cries was shocked to peer into the crib and find a foot-long snake wrapped around her 7-month-old daughter’s leg.
Cari Abatemarco said she was visiting family in the Long Island town of Brentwood last week when she made the startling discovery.
”Once I lifted her up and the snake fell off of her, she stopped crying. But then I was the one crying all night,“ Abatemarco told Newsday. She was in town from Troy, in upstate New York.
A relative removed the hissing snake from the crib with a back scratcher, and placed it in a bucket until animal control officers arrived. The child was unharmed.
The reptile, identified as a non-venomous California king snake, didn’t belong to Abatemarco’s family members. Officials say they don’t know where the snake came from.
The animal is being cared for at a Long Island animal shelter.

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