High School Football Player in Arkansas Practices with a Venomous Snake in His Helmet
Officials identified the snake as a cottonmouth and relocated it after officers flooded the helmet with water to remove it.
- On Thursday, an Arkansas high school football player practiced for an hour with a venomous cottonmouth wedged inside his helmet padding before discovering the snake after noticing unusual movement.
- Maumelle High School Athletic Director Kirk Horton said the player alerted coaches mid-practice, and staff immediately secured the helmet in a tote bag while awaiting Maumelle Animal Services to investigate.
- Officers flooded the helmet padding to extract the approximately two-foot-long cottonmouth after initial confusion regarding the species; Maumelle Animal Services Director Chris Davis later relocated the snake to a forest.
- Thankfully, the player was not bitten or injured during the ordeal; Horton told local KARK, "I've got a better shot at winning the lottery than seeing this in my ten years."
- Davis advises inspecting equipment and enclosed spaces, noting cottonmouths frequently seek shelter in dark areas; he has removed snakes from car vents and purses but never a football helmet.
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A high school football player in Arkansas had every right to be rattled after finding a venomous snake inside his helmet during practice. The Maumelle High student felt unusual movement inside his headgear following warmups last week and brought his helmet to an assistant coach for inspection. A slithering 2-foot cottonmouth was discovered behind some padding. The pit viper was so reluctant to exit the helmet that animal control officers had to …
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