It is not something you expect to see in Falls Township, Bucks County, but it happened Monday.
A great-grandmother found a cobra on her patio but wasn't going to wait around and do nothing until animal control arrived.
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I just met this tough-as-nails great grandma who killed a cobra in her Bucks County garden. Yes. Seriously. Her story at 6 on @6abc
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5:52 PM - Jun 24, 2019 · Fairless Hills, PA
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“I opened the door. I said a bad word. ‘It’s a cobra.’ I knew right away,” said Kathy Kehoe.
Kehoe said blue jays squawking led her to look outside her apartment door. That’s when she noticed the cobra.
She snapped a few photos first then, as the snake slithered away, the no-nonsense great grandmother grabbed her shovel and chased after the four to five-foot snake into the yard.
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Here is the cobra moments before she took matters in her own hands. ??? > ??
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“He went this way. I stalked him and when he got over to here, I tapped his tail. He went up and that’s when I did the deed and held him there,” she said.
Kehoe thinks the venomous reptile may have been roaming around the apartment complex for months. Back in March, authorities removed 20 venomous snakes from a neighboring apartment, including 12 cobras.
According to Falls Township Police, 25 snakes were removed from a Falls Township apartment by police and an animal expert. Officers say 23 snakes were venomous.
Kehoe had worried that some escaped. She says she knew she needed to kill this one to protect kids in the neighborhood.
“I was just concerned for everybody else because not everyone would know,” she said.
Police told Action News that it’s unclear whether the snake is connected to the apartment that was raided in March.
What is clear though is that Kehoe is terribly lucky she didn’t miss.
Wildlife veterinarian Dr. Susan Tyson-Pello of the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital warned that most snake bites occur when someone tries to attack or capture the reptile.
Tyson-Pello recommends that if you see a venomous snake to leave it alone and contact authorities.
Nonetheless, Kehoe has earned the respect of her neighbors.
“She’s a bad a–. I don’t know if you can say that on TV, but she’s a bad a–,” said neighbor Alise Kaplan.
Jesus...stops to take pics first. That lady is a bad motherfucker.
Holy shit I used to live there.
Darth Potato -Holy shit I used to live there.
Read the 2nd post, ese
"I said a bad word, it's a cobra!"
I am imagining this great-grandma screaming "oh fuck, a cobra!" then grabbing her shovel lol.
Good on her.
Man that was dangerous.
Not far from where I live. Kill it with fire
Well done Grandma
Reminds me of the Stephen King short story were this dude gets bitten by a super rare snake that escaped from some wackos apartment. It paralyzes him to the point they think hes dead and he's in the corners office getting ready to be cut open and he gets a hard on that shows he's alive haha
topteam71 -Not far from where I live. Kill it with fire
I was born in Bristol many moons ago.
^^ don't those people in Buck County have the requiste 'Break Glass to Release Mongoose'?
OTOH, cobras do like to hide under/inside your house. I think I'd go get a pew-pew and try to end it ASAP while you still knew where it was.
I don't know how you'd find a cobra once it crawled away under your house.
Also in Bucks County.
I don't blame her, but I personally wouldn't choose to kill a cool snake like that.
HoneyGlazedJinx -Cobras are bad ass. She didn't have to kill it. Fucking yokels always think you have to kill everything dangerous. Catch and release you stupid shit.
Oh, you'll murder turtles, but snakes are bad? I see you're an amphibianist.
WidespreadPanic -^^ don't those people in Buck County have the requiste 'Break Glass to Release Mongoose'?
OTOH, cobras do like to hide under/inside your house. I think I'd go get a pew-pew and try to end it ASAP while you still knew where it was.
I don't know how you'd find a cobra once it crawled away under your house.
Ummmm you play a flute and the cobra would come out
HoneyGlazedJinx -Cobras are bad ass. She didn't have to kill it. Fucking yokels always think you have to kill everything dangerous. Catch and release you stupid shit.