Watch: Slippery Serpent Taken From Simsbury Resident's Basement

SIMSBURY, CT — A SSSSSSSSSimsbury police officer SSSSSSSaved the day recently when he ventured into a resident's basement and SSSSSSafely removed a SSSSSSSlippery SSSSSSSSerpent.

The Simsbury Police Department actually posted an entire 2-minute video on social media Friday showing how one of the town's finest successfully grappled the snake and took it to safety, easing the nerves of the homeowner in the process.

In actuality, the snake was a northern ring-necked snake, a relatively slender and petite reptile that is harmless.

The snake Sept. 14 had become stuck in some adhesive weather stripping in the basement and was in dire need of saving.

Showing the duties of a police officer are more than just saving cute animals, Simsbury Police Officer Mike Lantiere gently got the snake loose and maneuvered it into a shoe box.

Then, the video shows Lantiere releasing the grateful serpent outside the home — a job well done.

The Simsbury Police Department said Lantiere spent "about 15 minutes patiently and methodically removing the snake and returning it to its natural environment."

According to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, "ring-necked snakes are found in a diversity of habitats, such as gardens, meadows, deciduous forests, rocky areas, old fields, grassy fields, gravel pits, sand barrens, and dumps."

DEEP, however, doesn't say anything about residential basements.

For the Simsbury Police Department Facebook page, click on this link.

For the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection snake information page, click on this link.