‘I Made a Mistake’ Says TikTok-Famous Escaped Deadly Cobra

‘I Made a Mistake’ Says TikTok-Famous Owner of Escaped Deadly Cobra

Allowing an extremely dangerous snake to escape from your house is one thing.

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Not reporting it for months as it slithered around a residential area is quite another.

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TikTok-famous snake handler Chris Gifford, 22, is asking for forgiveness in the wake of last

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summer’s snake scare in Raleigh, North Carolina. Residents lived in fear after

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authorities warned that a zebra cobra—a deadly species known for its venom-spitting

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used to blind prey—had been spotted on the loose, but it wouldn’t be found for several days.

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