Man Dies After He’s Found in Pet Python’s Grip
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NEW YORK — A young man preparing to feed a live chicken to his 44-pound pet python was killed after the 13-foot-long snake instead coiled around him.
Rescue workers managed to free 19-year-old Grant Williams from the snake’s grip, but he died an hour later.
A neighbor called 911 Wednesday afternoon to report that the young man was bleeding in the hallway of his Bronx apartment house, said Officer Martin Foley. Emergency workers had to pry the snake off Williams, Foley said.
Williams was unconscious and paramedics attempted to revive him en route to a hospital, where he died, Foley said.
Friends and family said they believed that the snake had mistaken Williams for food. Williams apparently had been preparing to feed the snake when he was attacked. The box containing the chicken was found with its cover off and the bird still inside after Williams’ death.
The python was taken to the Bronx Zoo, police said.
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