Crime & Safety

‘Unexpected Stowaway’: Snake Found On FL Coast Guard Helicopter Wheel

Crew members discovered a snake napping on a Jayhawk helicopter tailwheel, U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater said.

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Crew members discovered a snake napping on a Jayhawk helicopter tailwheel, U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater said.
Crew members discovered a snake napping on a Jayhawk helicopter tailwheel, U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater said. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater)

CLEARWATER, FL — If you’ve seen the movie “Snakes On A Plane,” how about snakes on a helicopter?

Crew members discovered an “unexpected stowaway” napping on a Jayhawk helicopter, tangled around the tailwheel, U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater wrote in a Facebook post.

“He reluctantly departed the scene when confronted,” the agency said.

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