Bird Loses Its Lunch; Wesley Chapel Residents Lose Their Power

WESLEY CHAPEL, FL -- A bird caused a power outage in Wesley Chapel Sunday when it dropped a snake on a Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative transformer.

The electric company posted a photo on its Facebook page, noting, "If you look closely, you can see the snake which we believe was dropped out of the air by a bird."

The incident left 1,500 homes and businesses without power including the Tampa Bay Premium Outlets mall.

More than 130 people commented on the Facebook post.

Some were worried about the fate of the snake.

Others lamented the disruption in their activities. One man complained that the outage caused the cancellation of a hockey gave at Florida Hospital Ice and another had to abandon their shopping at Costco.

And one resident wondered if it truly was a bird that dropped the snake.

"Samuel L. Jackson probably threw it off the plane," said Joshua Green.

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