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124 snakes removed from Maryland home where man was found dead

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While conducting a welfare check in Maryland, police discovered a dead man and his collection of 124 caged snakes.

The snakes, some of them venomous and illegal, were "meticulously cared for" in cages stacked throughout the home, Charles County spokesperson Jennifer Harris told NBC Washington.

On Wednesday, fire and EMS authorities knocked down the front door and discovered a 49-year-old man dead. The man's identity was not released, and his death was being investigated. Authorities did not suspect foul play.

The next day, the snakes were removed from the home. Among them were rattlesnakes, cobras, black mambas and a 14-foot-long Burmese python, Harris said.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/21/snakes-dead-man-home-maryland/6606064001/
 
The Medical Examiner's Office in Baltimore confirmed that a man who was found dead in his house in January died of "snake envenomation."

The news was released from the Charles County Sheriff's Department Wednesday, when the department identified the man as David Riston. He was 49 when he died.


Riston was found dead at his home located in the 5500 block of Raphael Drive in Pomfret on Jan. 19. Police said he was surrounded by 124 venomous and nonvenomous snakes.

A neighbor had called 911 and told authorities that he hadn't seen Riston in more than a day. First responders forced entry through Riston's house and that's when they found him unconscious on the floor with dozens of snakes in the house located in tanks and on racks.

Jennifer Harris, a spokesperson for Charles County Animal Control told WUSA9 on Jan. 20 that it was the largest collection of snakes Ed Tucker, the chief of Charles County Animal Control, had ever encountered in his more than 30 years of experience.

Animal control called for assistance from reptile experts in Virginia and North Carolina as its team was bagging the snakes. The largest snake found in the house was a 14-foot Burmese python.

Venomous snakes are illegal to own in the state of Maryland.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/charles-county-mans-death-connected-to-the-100-snakes-found-in-his-home-medical-examiner/65-dab61c1b-fa49-45c5-9814-5221a8e124cc
 
Reportedly all snakes were in their enclosures and accounted for, so he must have contained it after he was bitten.
 
I'm wondering if he had a severe allergic reaction or if he thought that he just couldn't report a bite since he wasn't allowed to have them.
 
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