NPR: Linkfest: Cop Foils Python Attack

Linkfest: Cop Foils Python Attack

In Eugene, Ore., a police sergeant saved a pet store owner and the python that was trying to make a meal of her. Instead of slicing the snake's head off, Ryan Nelson pried open its mouth. "He was the bravest guy ever," Teresa Rossiter told the Oregonian newspaper.

No wonder the story made today's Most.

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Laura Conaway

7:31 AM ET | 04-21-2008 | permalink

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