![]() He was nearly certain that the snake had slithered into his parents’ basement, because there was no way it could escape from the “fool-proof” room where he kept his pets.Īfter a search though, he and his father discovered a small hall for an ethernet cable that he’d forgotten to cover up. Checking everything and everywhere,” he said. Gifford eventually plans to collect snakes again after being court ordered to not buy any venomous snakes until August. It was “just this giant, ‘Oh crap’ moment,” he said. He noticed that the lid had not been closed properly When he came to check on the cages one morning, one of the serpents was missing. He placed the snakes in separate containers as they underwent a quarantining process so as to not spread diseases to his other animals. Gifford said he bought the two snakes when they were babies, just “eight, nine inches,” in November 2020 to add to his collection. “What I learned is you make the call, you keep yourself accountable, which I didn’t do.” “To know that an animal you were supposed to take responsibility of, and due to your mistake and not making a call, is out … I was in tears,” Gifford said. Chris Gifford, a 22-year-old TikTok creator, apologized for letting one of his venomous African zebra cobras escape, which caused panic across Raleigh, North Carolina. He pleaded guilty to notifying authorities about the missing snake when it escaped in November 2020. Imagine if a little kid or something of that nature had happened?” Gifford told WRAL, speaking out for the first time since the frenzy. ![]() Gifford was hit with over 40 misdemeanor charges, ordered to pay hefty fines and forced to surrender over 75 of his reptiles following the frightening ordeal, according to WRAL. Snake sucked up in vacuum cleaner by couple on vacationĪ TikToker who sent the city of Raleigh, North Carolina into a panic last year after his deadly zebra cobra snake escaped from his care is now asking for forgiveness as he speaks out for the first time since the incident.Ĭhris Gifford, 22, a TikTok-famous snake handler with over half a million followers on the platform, lost one of his African zebra cobras and the snake spent months on the loose before it was finally found on the front porch of a Raleigh home in July 2021. Seeing snakes: Bulgari celebrates 75 years of Serpenti ![]() Scary video shows snake slithering onto dad’s lap at Texas restaurant Grand Prairie authorities removed the snakes from his home because a city ordinance doesn't allow residents to own wildlife in the city, according to he Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Nightclub slammed, under investigation after influencers photographed at party with wild animals He told authorities he knew he closed the sliding plexiglass door. ![]() On the day of the escape, Matl said he left the room for about 15 minutes after feeding them and the female snake escaped. Matl told police he bought the two cobra snakes two weeks before they escaped. He's facing a misdemeanor charge of release from captivity - "a person may not intentionally, recklessly or with criminal negligence release or allow the release from a captivity of a venomous snake," the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. The owner, Lawrence Thomas Matl III of Grand Prairie was arrested February 11. The female snake, which was in the cage with a male West African banded cobra, escaped on August 3. But as of Monday, the 6-foot long West African banded cobra still hasn't been located.Īccording to an affidavit obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the cage was homemade and was made of wood and sliding plexiglass and had no locks. A highly-venomous snake escaped from a cage in a house in Texas in August.
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