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If you’re one of the 51 percent of Americans whofear snakes, then this story might cause some nightmares.
An Indiana woman was found dead this week with a massive python wrapped around her neck in a house that 140 snakes call home.
Munson discovered Hurst, who kept her snakes at the house, at 8:51 p.m. on Wednesday, an Indiana State Police spokesperson told the outlet. Hurst was found with an eight-foot reticulated python around her neck, and while the snake was able to be extracted from Hurst, she was unresponsive.
Reticulated pythons are native to rainforests in Southeast Asia, and can weigh up to 350 pounds and grow upward of 25 feet long, according to theWildlife Learning Center.
An autopsy has been scheduled for Friday, the outlet reported.
The snake house.Indiana State Police
Riley added to CNN that Hurst was “apparently there checking on her snakes. For whatever reason, she apparently got the snake out and she was doing what people do with snakes.”
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Hurst’s divorce attorney, Marcel Katz, told theJournal & Courierthat Hurst loved her snakes so much that possession of the reptiles was brought up during the divorce negotiations.
“She had a real passion for snakes. That was a big issue for her,” Katz told the outlet.
While it was not immediately clear if permits are required to own reticulated pythons in Indiana, or if Munson had one, the statebansthe collection of endangered species, box turtles and eggs of reptiles and amphibians.
The Benton County Sheriff’s Department and Munson did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
