In Dandridge, in the county of Tennessee, gas station employees felt a threat when at least four men entered the station with two snakes. In the video recordings provided by the sheriff's office around Madison, men are seen holding snakes and laying them on the counter, requiring some products. Warehouse worker Rafael reported that the men with the snakes were selling CBD oil worth about $400. "They were waving them and putting them on the counter. One of them started bringing one snake, then another. One was white, and the other was brown or their mix," he added.
They likely planned to take more, but there were too many buyers in the store that interrupted them, said the store employee, confirming that they used snakes as weapons. The men with the snakes were accompanied by two women and drove a four-door compact car, according to information from the WREG website. Last year, a man was arrested for attempting to rob a gas station in Memphis using a snake. In that incident, police reported that 26-year-old Reginald Cook wrapped a 1.5-meter-long snake around his neck when he asked for money from the gas station employee. He was charged with attempted robbery with a weapon.
