Pet Python Killed After Biting Woman

Paramedics sawed off the head of a family’s pet python Wednesday after the nine-foot snake coiled itself around a pregnant woman’s stomach and entangled her husband as well.

Mary Anne Carter, who is eight months pregnant, woke up about 10 a.m. to find Calena, a Burmese python, wrapped around her stomach and biting her buttocks, said police spokesman Bill Robinson.

Her husband, Brad, tried to free her using a small knife, but he too became ensnared.

Then a neighbor joined in. No luck.

“We used a crowbar to try to get its mouth off her. We had a good 15-minute struggle. It was two grown men and we weren’t getting nowhere with it.”

Paramedics were summoned, and they finally used a hacksaw to remove the animal’s head and release its grip, Robinson said.

City regulations don’t prohibit snakes as pets, although the reptile probably should have been kept in a cage, Robinson said.