What a way to wake up
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:06 pm
Python Bites Calif. Boy in Bed
Aug 31, 11:05 PM (ET)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A 12-year-old boy awoke to an unpleasant surprise this week when a python bit him in his bed. Michael Rodriguez discovered the 4-foot snake clinging to his right arm early Monday morning. He flailed his arm, flinging the snake to the carpet.
"I didn't cry, and then I walked to my parents' room," Michael said Tuesday, still displaying bite marks on the side of his right hand. He suffered only a minor injury. The snake is not venomous.
"We thought he was dreaming, but he was holding his hand and it was bleeding," said his father, Cedric Esqueda. "It was a pretty good bite, and I think when he threw it from his arm it made the bite worse."
The family just recently moved into the northwest Fresno home and doesn't own a snake.
"We have no idea where it came from," said Michael's mother, Christina Esqueda.
Animal control officials seized the ball python and it could be adopted or euthanized.
Aug 31, 11:05 PM (ET)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A 12-year-old boy awoke to an unpleasant surprise this week when a python bit him in his bed. Michael Rodriguez discovered the 4-foot snake clinging to his right arm early Monday morning. He flailed his arm, flinging the snake to the carpet.
"I didn't cry, and then I walked to my parents' room," Michael said Tuesday, still displaying bite marks on the side of his right hand. He suffered only a minor injury. The snake is not venomous.
"We thought he was dreaming, but he was holding his hand and it was bleeding," said his father, Cedric Esqueda. "It was a pretty good bite, and I think when he threw it from his arm it made the bite worse."
The family just recently moved into the northwest Fresno home and doesn't own a snake.
"We have no idea where it came from," said Michael's mother, Christina Esqueda.
Animal control officials seized the ball python and it could be adopted or euthanized.
