Pet Python That Escaped From Newton Yard Is Home
NEWTON (CBS) - Lightning, the escaped Burmese python, has been found and is back home with his owner.
Police said the six-to-eight-foot long snake slithered away from a backyard on Jewett Street in the Newton Corner area Tuesday at about 5 p.m.
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Lightning the Burmese Python has been found and is back home with his family!
The owner told The Boston Globe that they often let the python hang out in the grass, but he took his eyes off the snake for a moment and then it was gone.
Lightning was found in the yard next door against the house.