Publication Date:
Mon, 2011-06-20 22:54
The man alerted officials that the snake slithered out of his pop-up camper on June 9 at Addison Oaks County Park. Oakland County Parks and Recreation Executive Officer Dan Stencil tells the Oakland Press of Pontiac that the snake is young and doesn't pose a threat to humans — "just small animals and so on."
Stencil says the man has been cited for violating park rules. Stencil says the snake might have slithered into a crevice in the camper, but that herpetologists are scouring the 1,140-acre park 30 miles north of Detroit in hopes of finding it before crowds descend for a fireworks display July 1.
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