A box dropped off at a local FedEx Kinko's store created quite a scare.
The police were called to help investigate the suspicious shipment at the Fairfield Township store on Princeton Road in the Bridgewater Falls Shopping Center.
Turns out, the box contained two live Boa Constrictors.
Police say one was three-feet long. The other was five-feet.
A Liberty Township man was sending them to Phoenix, Arizona.
"The package was marked ‘frozen rodents.’ That is suspicious," said Fairfield Township Police Chief Richard St. John.
"The FedEx personnel opened the box in the officer's presence and found two pillow cases in the box – and there was a boa constrictor in each pillow case. Now that is extremely unusual," said St. John.
A 9News investigation in 2007 revealed it's pretty simple to order a snake and have it delivered to your home.
We learned then, it's not illegal to ship a snake.
The Fairfield Township police officer brought the box of Boas back to the police department as investigators looked into the situation.
He put the box in a holding cell until a reptile rescue person could pick the snakes up.
"The gentleman who was shipping the snakes had all the legal permits and so forth necessary. Probably where the issue arose was the box was marked ‘frozen rodents,’" said St. John.
A national spokeswoman for FedEx tells 9News that she doesn't know exactly why the employee called police.
If proper procedures are followed, the company will ship non-venomous snakes.
The man who shipped the snakes tells 9News he's not angry.
He describes it as a misunderstanding. He'll be getting his Boas back Wednesday night.
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