Maine woman finds 8 foot Python under her jeans

Mara Ranger pulled her blue jeans out of the machine Weds. reached in to grab the rest of the load and felt something move. "I jumped back and all of a sudden it's head starts coming out of the washing machine and it looked huge," Ranger told a local Gorham, Maine TV station. The owner of the 1800's era farmhouse immediately slammed the lid. Both police and an animal control officer turned down her plea for help. Make mental note to tell the former that you think he's carrying pot.

Fortuitously named Richard Burton of Maine Animal Damage Control did come to the rescue. When Burton donned welder's gloves and reached in, expecting a 4 foot snake...he kept pulling and pulling until he had an 8 foot and very angry Python which immediately wrapped itself around Burton's hand, cutting off the blood flow. Pythons aren't poisonous, but do kill prey with their teeth while it's trapped in their deadly hold, much like Burton was, I shudder to think what could have happened to Ranger had she blindly grabbed her laundry. Just to be safe, a moratorium on laundry might be a good idea. Burton then wrestled the scaly reptile into a plastic bag, tied it shut and brought it to Lewiston.

How the snake got into the washer remains unknown. "Now that it's gone, I'm going to be checking crevasses and corners," Ranger said. "I'm going to be looking in the tub first - before and after, maybe even during, the rinse cycle."

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