Strange & Unknown

RUMFORD - OK, snake owners. Check your cages. Anybody missing a 17-foot-long boa constrictor?

On Wednesday morning, two people contacted Rumford police dispatcher Sue Milligan and told her they’d seen a monster snake entering the canal system off Canal Street behind Bartash’s store.

Milligan said that based on the descriptions of the reptile, she believed it to be a 17-foot-long boa constrictor.

Because an apparent large snake sighting isn’t a police matter, Milligan said she alerted the Maine Warden Service.”Once it gets into the water, it’s not our problem,” Milligan said.

Wardens will be investigating, spokeswoman Deborah Turcotte said early Wednesday evening via e-mail.

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