July 6, 2012
Updated Jul 6, 2012 at 3:11 PM PDT
Police say a 2-foot-long ball python slithered its way into an Illinois apartment and wrapped itself around the foot of a sleeping 1-year-old boy and bit him on his left foot.
Mattoon Police Department Deputy Chief Jason Taylor said the boy's parents were awakened by the child's noises to find the snake attacking their son about 11 p.m. Monday, the Mattoon Journal-Gazette & Times-Courier reported.
The father, Devin Winans, used a blanket to pull the python off the child, and his mother took the boy to a health center for treatment of a bite mark, bruise and scratches, the newspaper reported.
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