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Video: Snake On An L Train
A snake coiled itself around an L train subway pole and the internet went wild. The snake's fellow passengers didn't flinch.

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Calling Samuel “L Train” Jackson? We need you.
An L train passenger snagged footage of a snake coiling itself around a subway pole in a video that went viral on Thursday.
“Snakes on a train, yo,” says the narrator as the lens zooms in on the massive reptile. “Snakes on a train.”
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Nope. #subwaycreatures (@juvnguerrero)
A post shared by SubwayCreatures (@subwaycreatures) on Jun 16, 2017 at 8:37am PDT
Juan Guerrero, the man who shot the video, told NBC New York that the man standing next to the snake kissed it before letting it loose on the rail.
Guerrero’s video went viral when the Instagrammer subwaycreatures posted the footage — it had garnered more than 132,000 views by Thursday afternoon.
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"My worst nightmare," responded @shivmenon247.
"Oh hell nahhhh," added @michellecontrervs. "I will be forcing those doors open just to get out."
But commenters seemed more concerned about the snake than Guerrero's fellow passengers, many of whom appear unfazed.
None of them had this reaction:
Header photo by Kathleen Culliton
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