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Snake Enthusiast Dies From Suffocation After His 8-Foot Pet Python Wrapped Itself Around Him

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Sasha

Dan Brandon, 31, a snake lover, was found in his home strangled to death by his own 8-foot-long pet python. The snake wrapped itself around him and suffocated him.

An inquest into the death of Brandon was being performed. His friends were shocked when they heard that Brandon was tragically killed by his pet, who was named “Tiny.”

man dies after python suffocates him
Dan Brandon

Brandon was discovered at his home in Church Crookham, a suburban village 40 miles outside London,  in the room in which he kept his snakes. The pets were out of their pen.

While his parents were preparing dinner, they heard a loud bang and went to check on their son as he had failed to come downstairs.

Brandon’s parents attempted to perform CPR after noticing Tiny was not in his pen, but he couldn’t be saved.

Babs, his mother, told Basingstoke Coroners’ Court that he kept 10 snakes and 12 tarantulas in his room at the family home. He had Tiny, an African rock python since she was small enough to fit in his hand.

Coroner Andrew Bradley recorded a verdict of misadventure and said: “The most likely scenario is that Tiny was engaged with Dan – I have no doubt about that.”

“She was coiling around him, at which point I have no idea. There was a point at which either she takes hold of him unexpectedly or trips him up or some other mechanism.”

Bradley said the snake then hid, probably “because of the shock of him falling or because of his reaction.”

He said Brandon was asphyxiated “as a result of contact with Tiny,” and that he “cannot see any other reason” for the death.

The coroner added: “Tiny is instrumental in the death but that does not mean this was through aggression. This could have been a confrontation of affection.”

“It is a moment of peace and quiet with Tiny that has gone wrong for whatever reason.”

In court, Brandon’s parents, brother, and sister, told the coroner that the snake loved her son, he never felt threatened by Tiny, and that Dan was aware of how strong she was.

The family said that Brandon had always been wary of Tiny, but that she was his “baby,” and he had stopped putting her around his neck as he did with all of his other snakes.

His mother said: “Tiny would sometimes get a bit cross with me, she would be saying ‘leave him [Dan] alone.’”

“I would hear Dan shouting sometimes, saying ‘for goodness sake Tiny’ and I would shout back upstairs, ‘they are deaf Dan.’”

Brandon’s mother still looks after the snakes and showed off a bite she has on her hands that another snake gave her ten days ago.

She added: “If Tiny had bitten Dan before strangling him there would have been a much bigger bite mark on him than this one.”

Non-venomous pythons kill by wrapping around their prey and squeezing them to death.

Surrey and Hampshire Reptile Rescue spokesperson said: “There’s never been a case of a python killing someone in Britain before. They only kill what they eat.”

Brandon’s social media presence ha photos of him with a number of snakes around his neck.

A JustGiving page set up in his memory is raising money for the World Wildlife Fund.

It read: “Dan unexpectedly passed away at home. He was obsessed with snakes, spiders, birds and all wildlife.”

“Dan … We will all miss you so much.”

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