Snaking the drain

A trapper who stuffed a 14-foot python down a drain pipe, then called the media to witness the dramatic rescue was arrested on charges of perpetrating a hoax.

Justin Matthews, 47, called Tampa Bay, Fla., media to witness the capture of a large Burmese python from a drainage pipe. Matthews, a professional trapper, said he was capturing the snake on his own dime because the python posed a threat to nearby schoolchildren. The story made national headlines.

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