15-foot snake shot and killed by police as it was strangling man

Police in Upper Macungie Township, Pa., shot a snake to death in order to save a man it was strangling Wednesday afternoon, CBS Philly reports.

Police said officers were called to a Fogelsville home for a man in cardiac arrest with a snake wrapped around his neck.

When officers arrived at the house, police said, the 28-year-old was lying on the floor unresponsive, with the middle portion of a large snake wrapped around his neck.