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WFTV (Orlando, Florida) 18 October 05 Man Catches 10-Foot Python Lurking In Backyard Pond
Sweetwater, Fla.: Another python was found lurking in a south Florida backyard. In this case, the Sweetwater homeowner took matters into his own hands.
The 10-foot Burmese python made itself at home Monday in Tommy Compton's backyard. Fearing for his exotic fish, Compton and his friend Tim Callahan jumped into action and tried to pounce on the python. But charming the snake didn't go so well.
The snake didn't go down easy and got back into the water, and the battle was on. The snake even sank its teeth into Callahan before they finally got it into a pillowcase.
The female python was much more friendly Tuesday, after being put in a cage.
The snake sightings are becoming much more common. Over the past two weeks, a python pounced on a Miami Gardens cat, another gobbled up a turkey, and a third in the Everglades tried to eat an alligator and ended up splitting its own stomach open.
When the Miami-Dade Anti-Venom Unit hauled away the snake, they left behind some words of advice.
"A snake this size could potentially do some bad injury. It's not going to kill an adult, but it could bite you and leave some marks," said Lt. Charles Seifert, Miami-Dade Anti-Venom Unit.
The python is not a native snake to Florida, but so many people have released their pet pythons into the wild in south Florida that they're actually starting to breed.
Man Catches 10-Foot Python Lurking In Backyard Pond
