MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - Employees at a truck stop in Denmark, Tennessee, felt threatened when at least four people came into the gas station with two pythons.
In surveillance pictures provided by the Madison County Sheriff's Office, you can see the men holding the snakes and placing them on the counter. The workers said the men with the pythons stole about $400 worth of CBD oil.
Mayur Raval said he and his brother were working at the store at the time, and he was afraid of the snakes.
"They were just waving them around and putting them on the counter," said Raval. "One person brought in one snake first, and then after that, he brought in another snake. One is white, and one is brown or a mix."
Raval said the men with snakes were able to grab the CBD oil from the counter. He thinks they wanted to take more than that, but too many customers were around.
"They pulled their car up to the front of the door," said Raval. "I think they planned to successfully come here and rob the store. The snake is a weapon, you know,"
The men with pythons were with two women and driving a small four-door sedan with a drive-out tag and bungee cords on the trunk.
Last year, a man was arrested after he allegedly tried to rob a Memphis gas station with a snake.
In that incident, police said Reginald Cook, 26, had a five-foot snake wrapped around his neck when he demanded cash from a clerk at a Shell station. He was charged with two counts of Attempted Aggravated Robbery.
