Maryland authorities find more than 100 snakes in dead man's home - Fox News
A man was found dead in his Maryland home this week with more than 100 venomous and non-venomous snakes, authorities said. .– after a neighbor saw him lying on the floor unconscious and called 911, the Charles County Sheriff’s Department said.
When authorities entered the home, they discovered a collection of 124 live snakes, some of which were venomous and illegal in the state, Washington's WRC-TV reported.The snakes, which were in cages and "meticulously" cared for, included cobras, black mambas, pythons, and rattlesnakes, officials said.
"Our chief animal control officer said in his more than 30 years of experience, he had not encountered this kind of thing before," said Jennifer Harris, a Charles County spokeswoman.It was unclear why the man had so many snakes, but he was taking good care of them, according to animal control officials.On Thursday, a crew spend hours working to get the snakes out, and experts were brought in from North Carolina and Virginia to handle the venomous ones, reports said. .Animal control officials noted there was no threat to public safety, and that no snakes had escaped, FOX 5 reported. .