Pet python strangles toddler

[Bald Bouncer]

A pet Burmese python measuring more than eight feet long (2.4 metres) has broken out of its tank and strangled a two-year-old girl in the bedroom of her home in Florida.
A spokesperson for Sumter County Sheriff's Office, Bobby Caruthers, told reporters how the snake's owner, also the boyfriend of the child's mother, discovered the creature was missing and went to the girl's room.
There he reportedly found "the snake on the child" and bite marks on her head.
He apparently stabbed the reptile until he was able to prise the child away and raise the alarm.
The authorities removed the snake, which was still alive, from the home after obtaining a search warrant.

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Think it smells of them covering something up, not convinced by the 911 phone call

[Mystical_2K]

yeah theirs something not right about this, find it hard to believe that the snake would break out of its aquarium and head straight for the little girls room, then the parents didnt hear her scream or anything, even if she was asleep im sure she would have woken up

a tragic loss

[rmj2663]

Sounds very suspect to me. Didn't think a snake would attack unless provoked - especially a python biting. Also would only kill for food, and by the looks of it a 2 year old would be a little bit on the large size for a snake that size.