STOLEN SNAKE STRIKES BACKGIBBSTOWN, New Jersey -- A man who stole two exotic snakes from a pet shop came lost control of his car after one of them bit him in the scrotum.The 20-year-old had slipped two tiger python snakes into the pockets of his canvas trousers. He left the shop, got into his car and was driving away when one of the snakes suddenly sank its fangs into his groin. The snake wasn't poisonous, and the 20-year-old man, who police did not identify, declined to go to hospital. Detective Sgt. Joseph Giordano, Jr. said the man told police he had rigged canvas bags to the pockets of his trousers to conceal the snakes. "As he was returning home, one of the snakes got out of the bag and wrapped itself around his leg and began to squeeze it before biting him," he said. Police also found two iguanas, a corn snake, lizards and frogs at his home. The man was charged with receiving stolen property and faces further charges of theft. |