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Like many parents, Devin Winans checked in on his sleeping infant in the middle of the night.

His one-year-old baby boy was stirring in his sleep and Winans felt around the crib. To the parent's shock and horror, he found that a python had slithered its way into the crib.

The python's attack on the baby had just gotten under way, as it had gotten ahold of the baby's foot, reports ABC. The snake was contracting around the foot and had taken a bite.

Devin Winans was able to pull the snake off with a blanket. He then noticed his child’s bloody foot and contacted authorities.

So how did a python end up in an apartment in Illinois, USA?

Apparently, a neighbour had kept the snake as a pet.

It wasn’t reported how the snake escaped the neighbour’s apartment or how it ended up in Winans’ apartment. However, the neighbour has been cited by authorities.

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Jul 16, 2012

maneater

no no no white people and their snakes no man haai!!!!!
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Jul 16, 2012

CheeseBoy

Apparently, a neighbor had kept the snake as a pet.

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There should be a law seriously on who gets to keep what kind of pet in a neighborhood with children. this is sickening
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Jul 16, 2012

I.n.c.o.g.n.i.t.o

@CheeseBoy

I agree with you...but Law should also compel them to declare someway somehow to other tenants the animal they have. These are a danger to society for crying out loud.

I would have killed the thing!!
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Jul 16, 2012

ntshware-ke-yawa

which is why I always believe in African culture,Africans don't share homes with dangerous pets such as python,they know they could be a danger to their lives.
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Jul 16, 2012

CheeseBoy

@I.n.c.o.g.n.i.t.o

you're too kind, I would have taken serious action against the owner as well for being so careless.
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Jul 16, 2012

TBGOLE

Oh my goodness. I am even shivering. Imagine this big giant in ur house.
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Jul 16, 2012

Printa

Now we have to go to out neighbors and ask what pets do they keep in their houses?
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Jul 16, 2012

Phunyukabemphethe

OMW, I will just cry loud and ask for a glass of whiskey
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Jul 16, 2012

Mellow

Jeeper's creepers and the owner didnt bothe rto alert authorities and warn neighbours about the escape? Crazzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Jul 16, 2012

dimpho_4U

Ha ha! @Phunyukabemphethe..tjo lenna ha ke tseba nka yetsang moo..plus i have a serious phobia of snakes..thixo!
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