Pet boa named Pablo escapes home while owner’s wife was going into labor

A large snake showing up at a Riviera Beach man’s front door sent two neighbors scrambling, one with a gun and one with a shovel, before police stepped in to wrangle the reptile.

The incident happened Sunday in the Woodbine neighborhood of Riviera Beach, when a resident called 911 to report a five-to-seven-foot snake at his townhouse door.

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Pet boa named Pablo escapes Riviera Beach home while owner’s wife was going into labor

When Officer Josh Wilson arrived, he found two men already attempting to corral the snake. Wilson used the shovel to wrangle the snake into a recycling bin, secured the lid with a brick, and waited for a state-licensed trapper to arrive and remove the animal…

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