Snake on a Plane, Riding Shotgun

Dr. Ed Carruth discovered a gray rat snake on a plane when it began “licking” his arm, he told <EM>The Daily Leader</EM> of Brookhaven.

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - It was no movie moment when a physician, flying himself across Mississippi in a one-seat plane, discovered a stowaway — a gray rat snake.

Dr. Ed Carruth discovered the snake-on-a-plane when it began “licking” his arm Thursday, he told The Daily Leader of Brookhaven.

“I’ve been flying planes for 50 years and over 14,000 hours, and this is the most unusual in-flight emergency I’ve encountered,” he said. “I guess it wasn’t exactly an emergency, but I did almost hurt myself when I saw it.”

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Source: MSNBC