LOL! MAN GETS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY REPTILE! HE USED HIS PYTHON AS A WEAPON!

It's a case of assault with a deadly reptile.
Tony Smith, 29, was charged with using his six-foot-long pet python as a weapon after getting into an argument with a fellow guest at a South Carolina motel Tuesday night, the Herald of Rock Hill, S.C., reported.

The 47-year-old victim, Jeffrey Culp, who told the newspaper he has a fear of snakes, said he was on the receiving end of the close encounter at the Executive Inn after he complained about Smith's loud music. Smith allegedly returned to confront Culp several hours later - and didn't come empty-handed.

"He said, 'here look at this,'" Culp told the newspaper. "He had the snake's head squeezed so its mouth was open. He ran it across my face and it tried to crawl in my mouth.

"I almost had a heart attack."

Smith was charged with assault and battery in the attack, and surrendered the snake to family members before being taken into police custody.

"I have a dog. Some people are afraid of dogs," Culp told the Herald. "I keep my dog away from them. I don’t use the dog as a weapon."