Las Vegas toddler survives 300 lb snake attack

[muriel_volestrangler]

A Las Vegas toddler was pulled from the jaws of an 18-foot-long, 300 lb snake.

"That was the only thing I was thinking was I need to try and save this kid's life," neighbor Marlo Vinson said. Vinson was the first neighbor in the apartment complex to try and help the toddler's mother free him from the snake's grasp.

"That's when I saw the 3-year-old on his knees with the snake constricted around him," Metro's Sergeant Steve Custer explained. "I've been a police officer for 36 years and I've never seen anything like this ever."
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The boy's mother stabbed the giant 325 pound python 17 times until it released him. Moments later, police arrived. "So we're thinking maybe it's dead, so we crack the door and look in there... oh, here's this big old snake," explained Custer.

http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9718863&nav=15MUCBSd

Yeah, bright move - unsupervised toddler, and a 325 lb snake. What could go wrong? :banghead:

They had to put down the snake, too.

[TZ]

1. Hmm

is it even legal to have a snake that big?

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Seriously. What the hell is wrong with people?

[RebelOne]

3. It is obvious that the snake was not being fed regularly.

I have owned boa constrictors and they will not attack a human unless they are hungry. Believe me, I know that for a fact.