How do you handcuff a snake?
Police in Park Forest, a Chicago suburb, spent 30 minutes removing a snake from the engine of a patrol car Wednesday night.
Chief Chris Mannino and another officer stopped their car when they spotted the 3-foot-long (0.9 meter) snake in the road. But the slippery serpent didn’t surrender; it escaped under the car and into the engine area.
Mannino says he finally was able to grab the snake behind its head and safely remove it.
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After police posted photos on Twitter, readers recognized it as a snake that’s native to northern Illinois.
The snake wasn’t in custody for long. Police released it in a nearby forest.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
