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Rattlesnake under bed … in Arizona.<\/p>\n
“They would have to remove me cause I ain\u2019t coming back,\u201d reads a top comment.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can have the house and the shoes,\u201d another follower remarked.<\/p>\n
ALSO: Elusive lynx displays remarkable leaping ability in trail-cam footage<\/a><\/p>\n The news release reads, in part: “On March 23, 2026, at approximately 11:54 p.m., officers from the Del Rio Police Department responded to the 100 block of Irene Avenue in reference to an animal complaint. Upon arrival, officers discovered a rattlesnake inside a bedroom of the residence.<\/p>\n “Officers immediately evacuated the occupants to ensure their safety and requested assistance from Del Rio Animal Services. Animal Services responded to the scene and removed the snake without incident.\u201d<\/p>\n After the Del Rio Police Department issued its news release, media outlets jumped on the story, mainly because of the image.<\/p>\n The problem with the image? It\u2019s five years old, involving a different rattlesnake found beneath the bed of a home in Arizona. (Video footage of that incident can be viewed here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Bryan Hughes of Rattlesnake Solutions, which relocated the pregnant western diamondback, has tried to have the image removed or at least explained by outlets that used the photo.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is our photo, taken years ago here in Phoenix, Arizona,\u201d Hughes stated in the comments of the Rio Police Department\u2019s post.<\/p>\n The department did include a barely visible watermark, reading, \u201cPhoto for reference.\u201d But perhaps it could have been more clear in its news release.<\/p>\n