Officials with the Cleveland area's parks system say a python that turned up in a nature park over the weekend could have hurt someone.
A visitor to the Mill Stream Run Reservation in North Royalton discovered the 9-foot-long, 18-pound Burmese python in a picnic area on Sunday and alerted park rangers.
Rangers spokeswoman Diana Kall calls the snake a dangerous reptile with sharp teeth and likely to lash out at anyone within its range.
It's now in the care of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Zoo spokeswoman Sue Allen says the python either escaped from its owner, or was let loose in the park.
Allen says if the zoo can't find the owner, it will try to find the snake a new home.
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