A series of frightening snake sightings kicked off on this date in 1953 in Springfield. Known as the Great Cobra Scare, the event led neighbors of a pet shop to find close to a dozen venomous snakes. A man later confessed to releasing them because of a beef with the shop’s owner.
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August 15, 1953
Springfield, Missouri's "Great Cobra Scare" began on this date in 1953 when the first of nearly a dozen cobras was found in a yard not far from a pet shop on St. Louis Street.