Louisiana Police Remove Snake That Slithered Into Apartment
Police officers removed a speckled kingsnake that found its way inside an apartment in Slidell, Louisiana, on Saturday, June 18.
The Slidell Police Department released bodycam footage showing Officer Thomas Swanton digging through a closet at the St. Theresa Villa apartment complex.
Officer Swanton managed to capture the reptile and carried it outside, where he released it.
The speckled kingsnake is non-venomous and is endemic to the United States, according to experts. Credit: Slidell Police Department via Storyful
Video transcript
- Hey, how you doing?
- Hi.
- What kind of--
- Right where she's going. She won't go in.
- Do you know what kind of snake it is?
- I don't know.
- Is it big?
- I can just grab her.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
- I mean, that's all-- oh, there he is.
- [INAUDIBLE].
- It's a kingsnake. Speckled kingsnake.
- Tell you what, grab that.
- What?
- That soft piece right there and pull him out a little bit.
- That way his head's not at you.
- They usually just-- they give you, like, a little warning strike, but--
- But you can use that to pin its head.
- It's all right.
- He bit your glove.
- Yeah.
- [INAUDIBLE].
- Got him.
- We have captured the snake.
- 10-4. [INAUDIBLE] go ahead.
- All right, go ahead and catch the door.
- Yeah. Where is this?
- [INAUDIBLE] into a racetrack on [INAUDIBLE] highway.
- Snap your photo.
- Louisiana plate.
- We got him.
- What is it?
- Speckled kingsnake.
- Yeah, that's what I told her.
- Watch out.
- Oh, I ain't worried about that. No.
- He's feisty. He's biting. Yeah.
- I mean, it's scary to you.
- All right, thank y'all.
- No problem.
- Thank y'all so much.
- Y'all have a good night. You want to let him on the other side?
- Yeah.
- Or back over here.
- I think he actually did get me on my hand, like, on the backside of the glove. Yeah.
- Good thing they're not poisonous.
- Right.
- How the hell you got in there, you little booger?
- [LAUGHS]
No, don't bite me, please. All right, shine some light, because I can't see. All right, get on out of here.
- Bye, friend. Still see him?
- Yep.
- There he goes.
- Another reptile saved. Woo!
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