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High School Football Player in Arkansas Practices with a Venomous Snake in His Helmet
A player practiced for an hour before finding the venomous snake hidden under his helmet padding, and animal services later relocated 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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Venomous snake found inside Arkansas high school football player’s helmet
A high school football player in Arkansas was caught in a nail-biting ordeal with a venomous snake hiding inside his helmet on Thursday, August 6. He was getting ready for his football practice after a brief warm-up session at Maumelle High School when he noticed a strange movement inside the headgear. The player did not...
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MAUMELLE, Arkansas, USA (AP) — An American football player in a state high school in Arkansas will now be more careful where he puts his head. He found a poisonous snake inside his helmet during a workout.
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