Snakewatch ends peacefully: 100-pound python back at home in Meadow Lakes

Sam, a 17-foot 100-pound albino Burmese python is back home and happy Monday, May 8, 2017, in his tub after going missing for two weeks. (Photo by Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media)
The 100-pound python’s disappearance prompted the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to issue a safety advisory warning pet owners and parents to keep an eye on their dogs, cats and kids.
But the python apparently did no harm on his excursion and, eventually, it slithered back home to its owner, David Hyde.
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