MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — A southwest Missouri police officer his being called a hero for calmly peeling a 5-foot python off a woman’s arm after the snake sank its teeth into her arm and began to s… ...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. -- A Mount Vernon police officer is being hailed as a hero for calmly removing a 5-foot python that sank its teeth into a woman’s arm and began to squeeze tightly Friday.

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) _ A southwest Missouri police officer his being called a hero for calmly peeling a 5-foot python off a woman’s arm after the snake sank its teeth into her arm and began to ...

Locals say that the giant python met its demise on Saturday after threatening the security guard, who nearly had his arm severed by the snake. In turn, the villagers captured the snake, ...