SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A man caught a rattlesnake with his bare hands after it nearly struck his dog \u2014 then kept it contained before contacting ABC 10News the next day.<\/p>\n
Albert Mond, 29, who is homeless, was walking with his 1-year-old pit bull early Tuesday evening near Meade and Fairmount Avenues, close to a YMCA, when his dog nearly had a deadly encounter.<\/p>\n
“My dog jumped about 3 to 4 feet in the air, and the snake went right under his chest, and coiled back up and there was a loud rattling noise,” Mond said.<\/p>\n
Mond grabbed a branch and used it to pin the snake before taking hold of it with his bare hand.<\/p>\n
“Went with the stick around its neck, and I grabbed it with my left hand. Don\u2019t know, just wasn’t afraid,” Mond said.<\/p>\n
Holding the snake by the neck, Mond walked to a nearby CVS to find a container.<\/p>\n
“Employees were like ‘WHAT?’ I said, \u2018I need a crate for this,\u2019\u201d Mond said.<\/p>\n
CVS workers provided a crate. Mond placed the snake inside, taped it shut and called 911. He said he was told that since nobody was hurt, emergency responders could not help him.<\/p>\n
Mond sat with the crate all night before calling me early Wednesday morning. I had interviewed him for a story several years ago.<\/p>\n
Mond said his motivation was the safety of the people in the area.<\/p>\n
“A lot of kids, the YMCA and a school zone. I felt obligated to do this,” Mond said.<\/p>\n
After I arrived, I contacted The Snake Wranglers, who dispatched wrangler Jared Roussel to the scene.<\/p>\n
Roussel carefully opened the crate and removed the snake \u2014 an older, 3.5-foot-long rattlesnake.<\/p>\n
“Real skinny, dehydrated,” Roussel said.<\/p>\n
Roussel believes the snake may have come from a nearby canyon in search of water or food. He said he planned to hydrate the snake before relocating it.<\/p>\n
Roussel cautioned that others should not follow Mond’s example if they encounter a rattlesnake.<\/p>\n
“Keep your distance. Try to keep an eye on it as much as you possibly can, and call a snake wrangler,” Roussel said.<\/p>\n
Mond said he is just relieved the snake is out of his neighborhood.<\/p>\n
“Children safer, community safer. I was just trying to help the community,” Mond said.<\/p>\n
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