7-foot python spotted in Towson

Resident alerts police, animal control

A python estimated to be about 7 feet long was located along a roadway in Towson on Sunday night, according to Baltimore County police.

Shortly after 9:30 p.m., police received a call from a local resident who said he had seen the snake on the roadway in the 1300 block of Taylor Avenue.

By the time police responded, the snake had moved into a nearby bush, a police dispatcher said.

Animal control was then called to remove the snake from the neighborhood, the dispatcher said.

Police did not know where the snake had come from.

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