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Kind man pulls a 6-foot snake out of his elderly neighbor's toilet with his bare hands

Everyone needs a neighbor like this.
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Brian Koerber
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What the world needs is more people willing to stick their bare hands in their neighbor's toilet to extract a snake like this good man from Lattimore, North Carolina.

Mike Greene's 88-year old neighbor asked for a bit of help in August, and like any good neighbor, Greene answered the call. Unfortunately, the neighbor needed a bit more than a cup of sugar.

Turns out the neighbor had a bit of a snake problem. The man discovered a 6-foot snake inside his toilet, and reached out to Greene for assistance. This is a nightmare come true for anyone with a fear of snakes, and surprisingly happens more than one would think.

Using his bare hands, Greene grabbed a hold of the snake's tail, and managed to pull out the serpent without any issue.

According to WCNC, Greene turned the snake loose in a nearby field.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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