Snakes in a park
CLEVELAND (AP) – Officials with the Cleveland area’s parks system say a python that turned up in a nature park over the weekend could have hurt someone.A visitor to the Mill Stream Run Reservation in North Royalton discovered the 9-foot-long, 18-pound Burmese python in a picnic area on Sunday and alerted park rangers.
Rangers spokeswoman Diana Kall calls the snake a dangerous reptile with sharp teeth and likely to lash out at anyone within its range.
It’s now in the care of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
Wiffle bat causes broken jaw
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) – Police say an underwear-clad Pennsylvania man was severely beaten with a plastic wiffle bat when he refused to put on clothes.Bethlehem police said Monday that Donald Fehr suffered a broken jaw, fractured skull and several lost teeth in the Aug. 17 attack.
Police say Fehr was sitting on his porch in his underwear when he was approached by 19-year-old Hector Morales Jr. and two other men. Morales told Fehr his girlfriend was coming over, and said Fehr was ``being disrespectful’’ and told him to put some clothes on.
Golf swing ignites fire
IRVINE (AP) – A golfer’s off-target swing sparked a 12-acre (5-hectare) blaze in Southern California.The golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine landed a shot in the rough Saturday. On his next swing, his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene.