Watkinsville police capture, kill rattlesnake

A venomous rattlesnake was found in an Oconee County woman’s apartment.

According to the Athens Banner-Herald, the police chief in Watkinsville thinks the 2-foot snake slithered inside the woman’s apartment from Harris Shoals Park, which is adjacent to the complex. When the woman called 911, she was hysterical, the newspaper reported.

Authorities killed the snake, according to the Banner-Herald.