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NYPD officers wrangle 8-foot snake outside home

The home’s residents were not fond of the ssssssspecial surprise

Staten Island Advance

NEW YORK — This is not something you would want to see outside your front door.

New York City police say they have wrangled an 8-foot python found near a property in the city’s Bronx borough.

“A Bronx resident left his house this morning to find this unexpected ssssssneaky visitor by his mailbox,” the department’s special operations unit tweeted.

Police say officers were “quick to respond” and that the snake now has been sent to a local animal shelter.

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