UPPER MACUNGIE, Pa. - Officers in Pennsylvania shot and killed a snake after they say it wrapped itself around a man's neck Wednesday afternoon.
Police from the Upper Macungie Township Police Department were called to a home on the 1400 block of Church Street for reports of a man in cardiac arrest.
When officers arrived they found a 28-year-old man lying on the floor with the mid-section of a snake wrapped around his neck, according to police.
An officer managed to shoot the 15-foot-long snake in the head and pull the man to safety, police said. The man received emergency medical treatment and was taken to a local hospital in unknown condition. .