The snake Coelognathus radiatus biting a finger. Photo: mgallar (Getty)
Two or three stories usually come across our desk every week that make us feel much better about who we are as human beings.
This one does the trick.
According to The Dallas Morning News, a 45-year-old Wichita Falls man was arrested last week on two counts of assault on a public servant stemming from an incident in February when he…wait for it…thought he was a snake and bit a police officer on the hand.
Police said they reported to the scene of an alleged assault on the morning of February 27, and that’s when they noticed the area surrounding the house was splattered with blood. Let’s just say that was more than enough in terms of an excuse to go inside.
Shortly after entering the house, David Young III came out of a bathroom, yelling and swinging his arms in the air and “insisting that he was a snake.” Young was promptly thrown in handcuffs, and that’s when shit really hit the fan, as he “spat at them and then kicked one officer and bit another on his right hand.”
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Police believe Young was under the influence of narcotics.
Yeah, no shit.
Young is being held at the Wichita County jail until he can come up with $52,008 for bail. Call it a hunch, but our guess is he’s going to have a hell of a time coming up with the cash.
