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Missing python found in owner's yard

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Published: July 24, 2012 at 2:40 PM

YORKTOWN, Va., July 24 (UPI) -- Authorities in Virginia said they have found a Burmese python reported missing from its owner's home.

The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office said the 10-foot-long snake disappeared this month from its owner's Yorktown home and was found Monday coiled up in the yard of the home, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported Tuesday.

The sheriff's office said the snake was healthy and was returned to its owner.

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