More than 400 pythons, many of them already dead and skeletonized: This unsavory Fund has made in the house of a teacher in California the police. The stench from the building in Santa Ana was unbearable, witnesses reported.

The police in the U.S. state of California has a teacher arrested after several hundred pythons had been found in plastic boxes in his house. Many of the animals were already dead, the plastic tubs stacked to the ceiling. Witnesses told about the unbearable stench that had prevailed in the building.

On Wednesday, investigators wore respirators reptiles out of the house in the village of Santa Ana, on the driveway piled the boxes. According to the AP news agency, the smell was so pungent that passers-by and journalists present had to contend with nausea. Some held their nose or sought equal throughout the length.

“I have a feeling I need to take a shower for a week,” said a police spokesman. According to him, the investigators found more than 400 snakes, at least 220 of them were already dead. Became aware of the house were the authorities after comments from neighbors who had complained about the stench. The 53-year-old teacher, who lives in the building, was arrested on suspicion of neglect of animals.

California Pythons:Four rooms completely crammed with snakes

An opinion of the man does not yet exist. According to authorities information he had last lived alone with the snakes in the house. He had four rooms completely cluttered with plastic tubs. The boxes were stacked so closely that the teacher did not cover needed – it was anyway no gap existed, would by one of the animals can escape.

Each of the snakes was reportedly cataloged by name and race. The teacher told the authorities he run a python breeding. A report by the local TV station KTLA, according to the man to teach at a primary school in Newport Beach.

“Horror House – that’s probably the best description,” said a police spokeswoman in Santa Ana about the find. Some of the animals were already dead for months. “The house is infested with rats and mice. Some of them already eat each other out.”

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