Florida woman rescues huge snake stuck in beer can: ‘She was enjoying her Bud Light’
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A close up of a Southern Black Racer coiled up on a dirt road in Florida. (iStock)
A Florida woman received praise for overcoming her fear of snakes to rescue a lengthy serpent stuck in a beer can.
In late March, Rosa Fond, of Brooksville, Fla., told WFLA she was driving when she noticed a black racer snake near the side of the road. The serpent’s head appeared to be stuck inside a discarded can of Bud Light.
"I couldn't let her die,” she told the news station of her decision to “get the courage” to save the snake.
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Fond later took to Facebook with a roughly four-minute video of the rescue, which she was “never ever expecting,” she wrote. As of Saturday morning, her footage of the event had nearly 60,000 views.
“It was a battle but I saved her,” Fond, who noted the snake wrapped itself around her arm at one point, said in the post.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“All for the sake of the animals...she was enjoying her Bud Light,” she added, in part. “I'm still freaking out and can't [believe] that I touched her!! Rescuing at its finest!”
“You rock,” one person commented in response.
“Much respect for taking the time and effort to save that snake,” another said.
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“Great job! Your love of animals, especially those in distress, helped you overcome your fear of snakes,” a third wrote.
Fond, who is the founder of a local animal rescue called Humans and Animals United, told WFLA she is accustomed to rescuing dogs, horses, and even mice and alligators. But she typically avoids snakes when she can.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I look at them, I will see them, but I don’t like touching them,” she said.