Shoppers got a big scare at a Walmart in Arkansas after somebody dumped dozens of snakes in the parking lot over the weekend, police said. “After we got one of our officers who is apparently some sort of snake whisperer, we learned that they are non-venomous garden snakes,” Paragould Detective Jack Hailey told KAIT. Dozens of slithery surprises found in Walmart parking lot https://t.co/ua2e59KQbp pic.twitter.com/X3KCSUqilH — Region 8 News (@Region8News) April 25, 2017COURT SIDES WITH REPTILE KEEPERS AGAINST GIANT SNAKE BANSHailey said it appeared that someone collected the snakes -- as many as 40 of them -- and dumped them in a pile in the parking lot Sunday night. But, if the suspect gets caught in the act of committing another “bad joke” like this, they could be charged. “If you like to play with snakes, keep them in their natural habitats where they belong.

Source: Fox News April 26, 2017 16:07 UTC