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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WDCW) – Virginia authorities stated a Goodwill worker just lately found a 4-foot snake in a field of donated books.
“No snakes, staff, or deputies have been harmed through the incident,” the Stafford County Sheriff’s Workplace (SCSO) stated in a information launch.
The captain of animal management responded to a Goodwill, positioned at 72 Doc Stone Highway, after a 4-foot-long basilisk was discovered slithering in a field of donated books.
Stafford Sheriff officers couldn’t resist including in a Harry Potter reference whereas explaining what occurred to the “Slytherin Suspect.”
“Utilizing his powers of persuasion, and a little bit of Parseltongue” the captain was capable of seize the snake and launch it into the wild once more, SCSO stated.
It’s not clear how the reptile ended up within the field, however it goes with out saying that stay snakes aren’t accepted donations on the Virginia Goodwill, together with flammables, weapons, outdated TVs, mattresses and damaged furnishings, amongst different objects.