The 50-year-old farmer was bitten an hour after catching the deadly krait snake and filming himself with it.

A Pennsylvania man died Sunday after his 18-foot pet snake wrapped itself around the victim's neck days earlier, prompting authorities to fatally shoot the reptile, authorities said.

A massive snake wrapped itself around the neck of a Pennsylvania man, prompting responding cops to shoot the pet in the head, police said.

Police in Pennsylvania shot a 15-foot snake that wrapped itself around a man's neck.

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"If you put this snake around your neck, and you’re walking around hanging out with it or whatever, they will wrap around and they’ll just basically try to maintain balance," he said.

Police in Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania shot a snake that wrapped itself around a man's neck.