Shallotte police officers responded to the report of a large snake in the area of Chili’s and encountered a python on Nov. 6 in Shallotte, North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of the Shallotte Police Department/Facebook)
null - Police encountered an unusual scene when they spotted a python slithering in the parking lot of a Chili’s restaurant on Nov. 5 in Shallotte, North Carolina.
Officers responded to the report of a large snake near Chili’s.
Shallotte police officers recovered the snake and posted photos on its official Facebook page to let the pet owner know they had retrieved the animal.
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Shallotte police officers responded to the report of a large snake in the area of Chili’s and encountered a python on Nov. 6 in Shallotte, North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of the Shallotte Police Department/Facebook)
Christina Schiel was reunited with her python Una at a local animal shelter.
Schiel told WECT-TV in North Carolina on Nov. 6 that the python may have been hiding in her car and possibly escaped while she was at Chili’s.
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Shallotte police officers responded to the report of a large snake in the area of Chili’s and encountered a python on Nov. 6 in Shallotte, North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of the Shallotte Police Department/Facebook)
The pet owner added to the news outlet that Una had minor injuries and was a little dehydrated but is doing fine.
WECT reported that pythons are legal pets in North Carolina.