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West Milford man finds pythons in yard twice in 4 days

A West Milford man has spotted pythons twice within a few days in his yard. James Geist was reading on his deck when he thought he saw a branch move on July 23. He soon realized it was a snake. Police

News 12 Staff

Aug 2, 2012, 11:41 PM

Updated 4,523 days ago

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A West Milford man has spotted pythons twice within a few days in his yard.
James Geist was reading on his deck when he thought he saw a branch move on July 23. He soon realized it was a snake.
Police arrived with two snake handlers, who told Geist the branch was a 15-foot albino python.
Four days later, Geist saw another snake, this time a 10-foot python.
Animal control officials say they believe the tropical snakes were released by someone who had moved from the neighborhood.
AP wire services contributed to this report.