A woman whose 3-foot-long snake slithered away from her in a Boston subway car and hid there for nearly a month has gotten a hefty cleaning bill.
Transit officials want Allston, Mass., resident Melissa Moorhouse to pay $650 to cover the costs of disinfecting and sanitizing the Red Line train to protect passengers from germs such as salmonella that may have been left by a boa constrictor named Penelope.
Moorhouse had traveled with the snake around her neck and lost it between stations 6 Jan. 2011. The snake was spotted on the train earlier this month by a commuter.
Moorhouse says she'll pay more attention the next time she takes the snake out in public.
Transit officials want Allston, Mass., resident Melissa Moorhouse to pay $650 to cover the costs of disinfecting and sanitizing the Red Line train to protect passengers from germs such as salmonella that may have been left by a boa constrictor named Penelope.
Moorhouse had traveled with the snake around her neck and lost it between stations 6 Jan. 2011. The snake was spotted on the train earlier this month by a commuter.
Moorhouse says she'll pay more attention the next time she takes the snake out in public.
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