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73-Year-Old Bucks County Woman Kills Venomous Cobra In Her Yard With Shovel

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (CBS) -- A Fairless Hills woman looked out out her kitchen window Monday to see a cobra on her patio. Kathy Kehoe says she saw the highly-poisonous snake around 2 p.m. Monday when she heard birds going crazy outside, and sprung into action.

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She grabbed a shovel and killed it.

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There is no word yet on where the snake came from. Animal Control experts confirmed it was a 4.5-foot Asian cobra.

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