6-Foot-Long Boa Constrictor Falls From Ceiling, Lands on Sleeping NY Man

A central New York man got a rude awakening when a large snake fell from his bedroom ceiling and landed on him while he slept.

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The state Department of Environmental Conservation says Wednesday that one of its officers responded to a call on June 29 from a man who says a snake had fallen on him while he was sleeping in his apartment in the Oswego County village of Pulaski, which is about 35 miles north of Syracuse.

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DEC officials say the officer determined a 6-foot-long red-tailed boa constrictor had escaped its enclosure in an apartment. The agency says the snake fell from the ceiling of the downstairs apartment, where it landed on a man sleeping in bed.

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The man wasn't injured, and the snake was returned to its owner.