PA Man Strangled To Death By 18′ Pet Boa Constrictor

Philadelphia’s NBC News affiliate reports:

The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office reported Monday that Elliot Senseman, a 27-year-old Upper Macungie Township man, died Sunday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest. In its news release, the coroner ruled the cause of death as “Anoxic Brain Injury due to Asphyxiation by Constriction.” The manner of death was ruled an accident.

“A Boa Constrictor type snake approximately 18’ in length constricted around the neck of Mr. Senseman, thus causing the anoxic brain injury (complete lack of oxygen to the brain),” the coroner’s office said. In an attempt to save the man, officers shot the boa in the head “without risking further injury to the male” and killed it, police said.

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