Snake handler strangled to death by his 18ft pet boa constrictor

A boa constructor wrapped round a person’s neck and killed him in Pennsylvania (Image: Getty Photographs)

A snake handler was killed after his 18-foot-long pet boa constrictor wrapped itself round his neck.

Elliot Senseman, 27, of Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, was discovered by police with the huge serpent in his residence round 2pm on Sunday. Police have been referred to as to accommodate after receiving a report a couple of man in cardiac arrest with a snake wrapped round his neck.

‘Our officers responded and shot the snake with hopes of releasing the sufferer,’ Lt Peter Nickischer of the Higher Macungie Township Police advised Lehigh Valley Reside.

He additionally mentioned that police didn't know the circumstances of how the assault occurred.

‘Due to the dire scenario, there weren't prolonged interviews performed on scene concerning the snake, its origin, or something alongside these strains,’ Nickischer mentioned.

His mom Heather advised the newspaper, ‘My son was distinctive and sort and will nonetheless be along with his household and mates.’

Senseman was an skilled snake handler and had labored with the animals since he was 10 years previous, a member of the family advised the Day by day Beast.

Police discovered two different snakes on the residence in addition to quite a few different animals. Senseman was identified to rescue deserted or abused pet snakes and place them in new properties. This specific snake was uncared for and mistreated, relations mentioned.

‘He was nonetheless working with it as a result of it was so aggressive couldn’t be positioned but,’ Heather mentioned.

Boa constrictors make for in style pets, and are sometimes marketed as secure and low upkeep. However in accordance with his mom, Senseman needed individuals to know the dangers concerned.

‘Too many individuals get these snakes and may’t deal with or maintain them,’ Heather mentioned. ‘They shouldn’t be bred to be stored as pets. He needed them to be in a habitat that was as near their pure environments as doable since they couldn’t be put within the wild.’

Senseman was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Cedar Crest, the place he died from an anoxic mind damage – when there's a full lack of oxygen to the mind – the Lehigh County Coroner’s workplace mentioned.

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