By Joanna Putman
Police1
IRVING, Texas — A Texas police officer is being referred to as the “snake whisperer” after eradicating an eight-foot snake from an house complicated, ABC 8 experiences.
Officer Stephen Burres III is a 30-year veteran of the Irving Police Department. One August shift, he obtained an ominous message on his radio: “Are you feeling brave tonight?”
The dispatcher obtained a name a couple of “four-foot python.” The snake turned out to be an eight-foot red-tailed boa named “Bonnie,” who had been lacking for 11 days, the report mentioned.
Burres was feeling courageous and answered the decision. Burres had dealt with and relocated round 50 snakes throughout his tenure with the division. He had additionally grown up in an space wealthy with snakes, and hunted them as a child, Burres informed ABC 8.
“I simply by no means had a worry of them. I at all times revered them,” mentioned Burres.
Burres was capable of take away the snake safely. It was taken to a wildlife refuge, as non-native snakes over six ft lengthy can’t be stored as pets in Texas.
Another responding officer’s physique digicam footage exhibits the snake peacefully draped over Burres’ belt.
